Throne Warden
Creature — Human Soldier
At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #17566
Throne Warden is a two-mana 1/1 that grows every time any player's monarch changes hands — in a four-player pod, that trigger fires constantly, and the Warden can reach 6/6 or larger without ever attacking. The catch is that it does nothing without the monarch mechanic on board, making it a blank 1/1 in any game where no one introduces the crown.
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, Throne Warden is a niche roleplayer rather than a staple — it only earns a slot when your deck is deliberately running monarch generators like Court of Ire or Skyline Despot, but in that shell it reliably becomes a 6/6 or larger by mid-game without any mana investment. Pauper is where it sees the most structured play, since the monarch is a more contained mechanic at two players and Throne Warden's growth curve is easier to plan around. Legacy and Vintage allow it but the card has no competitive presence in either format — a vanilla 1/1 with a conditional upside doesn't clear the bar those formats demand. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's verdict: useful in a monarch-themed build, irrelevant outside one.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Throne Warden is pure bulk — no financial risk to picking up a playset. It won't hold or gain value, but a card this narrow and format-specific was never going to; you buy it for the effect, not the shelf price.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.