Mirrormere Guardian
Creature — Dwarf Soldier
When this creature dies, the Ring tempts you.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #16924
Mirrormere Guardian puts a 0/6 defender on the board and replaces itself immediately by tutoring any basic land directly into play — that's a ramp spell stapled to a blocker. The cost is that the body is irrelevant in combat and the effect is strictly limited to basics, so outside of Sméagol, Helpful Guide decks that want both halves, it rarely earns a slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sméagol, Helpful Guide
Sméagol, Helpful Guide triggers whenever a land enters under your control, so Mirrormere Guardian's enters-the-battlefield tutor fires the commander's sacrifice engine before the turn is over — you get the land drop, the trigger, and a 0/6 that survives most pings, all in one card.
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 |
Mirrormere Guardian is a Commander card through and through — the combination of ramp and a durable blocker matters most in a 40-life multiplayer game where buying a single turn against an aggressor has real value. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it competes against faster, more versatile ramp that doesn't come attached to a vanilla defender, and it has no realistic home in any of those formats. Pauper is the one non-Commander context worth mentioning: a guaranteed basic-land tutor on a 0/6 body is above rate for the format, though dedicated control and combo shells there rarely want the slow setup. For most players, Mirrormere Guardian is a card you consider once and only once — when building around Sméagol, Helpful Guide.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Mirrormere Guardian is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a commons box. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless Sméagol, Helpful Guide spikes in popularity, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a hold.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.