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Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal

Creature — Pegasus // Instant — Adventure

Flying
At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield this turn, create a 1/1 white Pegasus creature token with flying.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{5}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
The List
Price
$0.11
EDHREC rank
#10069
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Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal card art
Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal is a flicker engine on a stick — cast the back half to rescue a permanent, then blink the creature itself repeatedly to generate value. It's a staple in Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward lists and the engine that Thurid, Mare of Destiny decks exploit to lap the table on enter-the-battlefield triggers.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Thurid, Mare of Destiny

Thurid, Mare of Destiny

50.1% of decks · synergy 0.49

Thurid, Mare of Destiny appears in over half of all Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal decks because the loop between them is essentially the deck's engine — Thurid buffs and triggers off creatures entering, and the Guardian's self-flickering front half keeps that engine running every turn.

02
Gorion, Wise Mentor

Gorion, Wise Mentor

28.0% of decks · synergy 0.28

Gorion, Wise Mentor picks up Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal as a reusable blink source that doubles as a rescue effect — Gorion wants creatures that do something on entry, and a card that keeps returning itself to do it again is exactly the kind of recursive value this strategy demands.

03
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardCandlekeep Sage

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage

15.4% of decks · synergy 0.15

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage appears in nearly 4,400 decks, and Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal fits because flicker-synergy is the whole gameplan — blinking Abdel resets the exile-all-nonlands trigger, and the Guardian provides a cheap, repeatable way to do it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal does its real work — the singleton format rewards self-contained value engines, and a creature that blinks itself while generating a rescue effect is exactly that. In Pauper it's legal and worth consideration in flicker shells, though the competition for that slot at common is stiff. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal is far too slow and narrow to see play there — those formats don't reward five-mana creatures that ask you to jump through hoops.

Key Combos

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Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianPegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal

Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianPegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite blinking of permanents; Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce; Exile all nonland permanents opponents control; Infinite mana lands you control can produce

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Price Context

Current price

$0.11 bulk tier

At $0.11, Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal is deep bulk — you'll find it in any dollar box or as a throw-in. That price will hold; this is a niche synergy card with no cross-format demand pushing it up.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.