Ivory Guardians
Creature — Giant Cleric
Protection from red
Creatures named Ivory Guardians get +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls a nontoken red permanent.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Masters Edition III
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30805
Ivory Guardians is a six-mana 3/3 that grants protection from red to itself and your other creatures if any opponent runs a red permanent — a conditional anthem stapled to a vanilla body. The rate is poor by any modern standard, and the protection clause triggers only in specific metas, making Ivory Guardians a fringe inclusion at best.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ivory Guardians is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, six mana for a 3/3 with a conditional protection effect is well below the power threshold — white has access to far more efficient protection and anthem effects at this cost. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a six-drop with no immediate board impact. Oathbreaker shares Commander's problem: the slot is simply too expensive for what Ivory Guardians delivers.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Ivory Guardians is currently unavailable, though copies typically surface in bulk bins given its negligible competitive demand. Unless you're completing a collection or building a strict nostalgia list, there's no urgency to acquire it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.