Night Market Guard
Artifact Creature — Construct
This creature can block an additional creature each combat.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #26252
Night Market Guard is a 3/2 Artificer with defender for three mana — a body that can't attack and trades evenly with most two-drops. Bulk filler in virtually every context; the only reason to run it is a niche artifact-count or defender-tribal synergy, and even then better options exist.
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 |
Night Market Guard is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper it's the most relevant context — defender-tribal shells or artifact-synergy lists could theoretically use it, but the competition at three mana is stiff enough that it rarely makes the cut. In Commander, the 100-card singleton format demands cards that pull significant weight, and a 3/2 with defender that produces no value beyond its stats doesn't clear that bar. Across the powered formats like Legacy and Vintage, it's a non-factor entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
Night Market Guard sits firmly in bulk territory at $0.10, and that price is accurate to its utility. Don't expect movement — bulk commons with no competitive demand or spike potential stay bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.