Staunch Throneguard
Artifact Creature — Construct
Vigilance
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #16678
Staunch Throneguard enters as a 4/4 for five mana and immediately crowns you the monarch, drawing you a card at the start of every turn you hold the title. The cost is that every opponent now has a reason to attack you — five mana is a lot to pay for a body that invites the table's aggression.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Staunch Throneguard is a fringe roleplayer in decks that actively want the monarch mechanic — pillow-fort and political builds that can defend the crown and convert the extra draw into inevitability. In Pauper, where the monarch is a meaningful card-advantage engine and commons rarely generate this kind of sustained draw, Staunch Throneguard sees the most competitive use, slotting into controlling and midrange shells that can stabilize behind it. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the power ceiling in both formats makes a vanilla 4/4 with a political trigger irrelevant. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: only worth it if your gameplan specifically rewards holding the monarch.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Staunch Throneguard is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable by definition; there's no demand driver that would push it higher unless monarch synergies spike in a new format.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.