Haunted Guardian
Artifact Creature — Construct
Defender, first strike
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #26748
Haunted Guardian is a 2/3 artifact creature with vigilance for three mana — a statline and keyword that rarely justify a slot when better defenders exist at lower costs. It sees play only in highly specific artifact or defender synergy builds, and even there it's a cut candidate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Haunted Guardian is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 2/3 vigilance artifact for three generic mana competes against a deep pool of utility creatures and rocks that actually advance your board state — Haunted Guardian does neither. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, the card is too slow and too inert to appear in any competitive list. Oathbreaker follows the same logic: three mana for a vanilla-adjacent blocker is a liability in a 60-card format where every slot must pull weight.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Haunted Guardian sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its demand accurately. Don't expect it to move — there's no brewing context that makes this card a target.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.