Labyrinth Guardian
Creature — Illusion Warrior
When this creature becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it.
Embalm 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Illusion Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #27312
Labyrinth Guardian blocks one attacker and exiles itself to blank a spell that targets it — a two-for-one that costs you a card and two mana. It's a niche piece of incidental protection, not a mainstay, and almost every deck that wants this effect has better options.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Labyrinth Guardian sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer — the combination of a vanilla 3/1 body and a conditional self-exile trigger is far below rate in any format with access to efficient threats and interaction. In Commander, it occasionally appears in tribal illusion builds or decks that specifically want cheap blue blockers with some upside, but it competes poorly against staples that do more for the same investment. Oathbreaker shares Commander's power ceiling, so the same logic applies there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Labyrinth Guardian is deep bulk — buyable as a throwaway include without a second thought. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point rarely appreciate, and there's no constructed demand driving this one upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.