Harbor Guardian
Creature — Gargoyle
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Whenever this creature attacks, defending player may draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #30712
Harbor Guardian is a 3/4 with reach and vigilance for four mana — statistically fine, strategically forgettable. Nothing about its text box justifies a deck slot over the hundreds of creatures that do the same job while also advancing a game plan.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Harbor Guardian is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Commander, a 3/4 with reach and vigilance for four mana competes against an enormous pool of creatures that provide comparable bodies plus meaningful enters-the-battlefield effects, tribal tags, or combo relevance — Harbor Guardian offers none of that. Legacy and Vintage have far lower creature floors than Commander, and Harbor Guardian doesn't clear them either. It's not that the card is broken in a bad way; it's just that every format where it's legal has better options at the same cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Harbor Guardian is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a dollar box and stays there. There's no meaningful demand driver that would push this above bulk pricing, so don't expect the market to do any favors here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.