Steadfast Guard
Creature — Human Rebel
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tenth Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27614
Steadfast Guard is a 2/2 for two mana with vigilance and protection from Clerics — a narrow stat-line that rarely pulls weight in any competitive context. Unless you're specifically exploiting the creature type or building around protection synergies, there are stronger two-drops at every point on the curve.
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 |
Steadfast Guard is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, a 2/2 vigilance creature needs to do something beyond existing — Steadfast Guard offers no enters-the-battlefield effect, no combat utility beyond its own protection, and no synergy hook that isn't better served by another white two-drop. Pauper is the only format where common white creatures get real scrutiny, and even there the competition at two mana is stiff enough that Steadfast Guard doesn't make the cut.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available for Steadfast Guard at this time, but given its lack of competitive play across all formats, it's almost certainly a bulk common. Check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current going rate before picking up copies.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.