Oltec Cloud Guard
Creature — Human Soldier
Flying
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #22419
Oltec Cloud Guard enters with a 1/1 flying Soldier token, giving you two bodies for three mana — that's the whole pitch. It's a fine role-player in token-doubler shells and near-unplayable everywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Oltec Cloud Guard occupies the low end of Soldier tribal packages — it makes the cut when you need density and have Doubling Season or Mondrak, Glory Dominus on board, but it's never a priority include. In Pauper, three mana for a 2/2 split across two bodies is passable in a go-wide white deck, though better commons exist for the slot. Across constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, Oltec Cloud Guard is too slow and too low-impact to see real play — aggro wants higher power at this cost, and midrange doesn't need it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Oltec Cloud Guard is deep bulk — you'll find it in any common box or thrown into trades for free. That price will hold because there's no pressure driving demand upward; it's a role-player at best, and cheaper supply will always outpace interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.