Hisoka's Guard
Creature — Human Wizard
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
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: Target creature you control other than this creature has shroud for as long as this creature remains tapped. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #26849
Hisoka's Guard trades itself to give target Wizard hexproof until end of turn — the effect is real but the cost is not: spending a card and a creature to protect one creature for one turn is a poor exchange in any format. Run a counterspell or a permanent hexproof grant instead.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hisoka's Guard is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing meaningful play in none of them. In Commander, the only plausible home is a Wizard tribal deck where the creature type matters, but even there the sorcery-speed protection is nearly useless — threats resolve, removal resolves, and sacrificing a body to blank one spell rarely changes the outcome. In Pauper and Legacy, instant-speed interaction and counterspells simply do the job better without costing you a permanent.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Hisoka's Guard is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box, not a trade binder. Demand is low enough that this price is likely a ceiling, not a floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.