Harvestguard Alseids
Enchantment Creature — Nymph
Constellation — Whenever this creature or another enchantment you control enters, prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #16930
Harvestguard Alseids gives a target creature protection from a chosen color until end of turn by tapping and spending a constellation trigger — useful for blinking past targeted removal or pushing through a blocker. The three-mana body attached to that ability is the tax; you're paying for repeated access, not a one-shot trick.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Harvestguard Alseids finds its home in enchantress and constellation builds where the triggered ability doubles as both protection and a constellation proc, but three mana to cast and a tap cost means the payoff rarely justifies a deck slot outside dedicated Enchantress strategies. In Pauper, where commons-only enchantment synergies are a real archetype, it sees occasional sideboard consideration — the protection mode can blank an opponent's key color in game two. Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer all offer far more efficient protection options, so Harvestguard Alseids functionally doesn't exist in those formats despite being legal.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Harvestguard Alseids is deep bulk — pick it up for a dollar in a twenty-card stack without thinking twice. There's no demand pressure that would move this price, so treat it as a free inclusion if the constellation synergy fits your build.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.