Honor Guard
Creature — Human Soldier
: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Seventh Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29531
Honor Guard is a vanilla 1/1 for one white mana — no enters-the-battlefield trigger, no keyword, nothing to build around. It sees play only in formats where the bar is low enough that bodies matter more than text boxes, and Commander is not one of those formats.
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 |
Honor Guard is a relic of early Magic design that hasn't aged into relevance. In Commander, a 1/1 with no abilities is unplayable — the format's power ceiling is too high for a creature that does nothing the turn it enters and nothing thereafter. Pauper is the one format where Honor Guard is technically legal and the card pool is shallow enough that a one-mana creature could theoretically slot into a white weenie shell, but even there it competes with Savannah Lions and Loyal Pegasus for the same slot and loses. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the format's interaction density means Honor Guard never survives long enough to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Honor Guard isn't currently available, but its lack of competitive relevance keeps it firmly bulk territory — expect to find copies in the penny bin or bundled in bulk lots. There is no scenario where Honor Guard is worth seeking out at any meaningful price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.