Hardened Escort
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever this creature attacks, another target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #15116
Hardened Escort gives your attacking creatures ward 1 — a blanket tax on every targeted spell or ability aimed at them during combat, stapled to a 2/3 body for three mana. Cheap enough to slot in without much thought, impactful enough to matter when your board is swinging wide.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hardened Escort earns its seat in go-wide and combat-focused decks where multiple attackers benefit simultaneously, multiplying the ward tax across every threat on your board. The effect is genuinely annoying for opponents trying to pick off key creatures mid-combat with removal or activated abilities. Outside Commander, Hardened Escort is too slow and too narrow — constructed formats reward proactive threats, and a 2/3 that only protects during attacks doesn't survive the speed of Modern or Pioneer. In Pauper the body and effect are passable, but better protection options exist at common.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Hardened Escort is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. There's no realistic upside pressure here; ward effects at this rate don't accumulate value.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.