Karsus Depthguard
Creature — Lizard Warrior
Defender
As long as this creature's power is 5 or greater, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #22208
Karsus Depthguard puts a body on the board and replaces itself, which is the baseline ask for any creature at this cost. It's a fine role-player in formats that reward incremental value, but it won't move the needle in anything faster than a midrange shell.
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 |
Karsus Depthguard lives in Commander and Pauper, where card advantage on a creature is worth something and the pace is slow enough to untap with it. In Pauper especially, any creature that draws a card on entry earns a look in controlling or value-based strategies. Modern and Pioneer move too fast — a creature at this rate that doesn't immediately threaten the board or protect a combo gets outpaced before it matters. Legacy and Vintage won't touch it. Commander is the real home: it replaces itself, which means it's never a complete brick, though it's unlikely to be more than a curve-filler unless the deck has explicit synergies with its type or ETB.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Karsus Depthguard is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. Bulk commons at this price point don't hold value and aren't expected to; you pick it up because it fills a role, not because it's an asset.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.