Watchdog
Artifact Creature — Dog
This creature blocks each combat if able.
As long as this creature is untapped, all creatures attacking you get -1/-0.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #25025
Watchdog is a 1/2 artifact creature for three mana that prevents combat damage to it while blocking — a speed bump, not a wall. It's too slow and too small to justify a slot in nearly any constructed context.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Watchdog is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 1/2 that blanks combat damage to itself occupies a slot that could hold a real blocker, a piece of ramp, or anything with upside — the effect is too narrow and the body too small to compete. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-mana do-almost-nothing creature when those formats operate on entirely different axes. Watchdog is a bulk-bin artifact curiosity, not a format player.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Watchdog is deep bulk — priced exactly where its playability puts it. Don't expect that to move; there's no emerging archetype or commander synergy pulling demand upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.