Protector of Gondor
Creature — Human Soldier
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #17690
Protector of Gondor enters the battlefield and immediately draws a card — that's the whole case for it. A 2/3 body for three mana is forgettable, but a looting effect stapled to a human soldier makes it a snap include in tribal shells that want card selection more than raw card advantage.
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 |
In Commander, Protector of Gondor earns its slot exclusively in Human or Gondor-tribal builds — outside that context, a 2/3 that loots for three mana is too low-impact for a 100-card singleton format. Pauper is where the card could theoretically see more scrutiny, since common-rarity looting on a body has historically been useful in creature-based strategies, but the three-mana entry point is a real cost against faster pauper aggro. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the power floor in those formats makes a vanilla-statted Human irrelevant regardless of the enters-the-battlefield trigger. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: worth it only if your signature spell or planeswalker has explicit Human synergy.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Protector of Gondor is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a commons box, not tracking it on a buylist. Bulk commons tied to a single IP-licensed set rarely appreciate, so run it because the deck needs it, not because you expect the price to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.