Lychguard
Artifact Creature — Necron
Guardian Protocols — 
, Sacrifice this creature: Return all legendary creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #14523
Lychguard puts a durable, ward-protected blocker on the board for four mana — the kind of body that demands an answer before opponents can swing freely at your life total. The cost is real: four mana for a vanilla-adjacent 4/4 is only worth it in a deck that actively rewards having Necron Warriors or Warrior-adjacent permanents on board, which is exactly what Imotekh the Stormlord provides.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Imotekh the Stormlord
Imotekh the Stormlord turns every Necron Warrior into a threat multiplier, and Lychguard's combination of ward and solid stats makes it one of the stickiest bodies in the tribe — it survives the spot removal that would clear your other warriors and keeps the engine running.
Trazyn the Infinite
Trazyn the Infinite values high-impact artifacts and creatures it can imprint effects onto, and Lychguard's durability makes it a reliable target that stays on board long enough to matter in Trazyn's slow, value-accrual game plan.
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 |
Lychguard is a Commander card — full stop. It's legal in Legacy and Vintage, but a four-mana 4/4 with ward 1 has no place in those formats when the bar for creatures starts at two mana and ends with free interaction. In Commander, it earns its slot exclusively in Necron-tribal builds, where Imotekh the Stormlord's synergies push its effective value well above a raw rate assessment. Outside of Universes Beyond Necron lists, Lychguard sits on the shelf.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Lychguard at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. As a card with a narrow tribal home, its value tracks directly with interest in Warhammer 40,000 Commander product, so supply is generally steady and spikes are unlikely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.