Elite Scaleguard
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
When this creature enters, bolster 2. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2014-11-24
Bolster itself doesn't target any creature, though some spells and abilities that bolster may have other effects that target creatures. For example, you could put counters on a creature with protection from white with Abzan Skycaptain's bolster ability.
- 2014-11-24
You determine which creature to put counters on as the spell or ability that instructs you to bolster resolves.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Elite Scaleguard, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sovereign Okinec Ahau | 1 | 1 | — |
| Leinore, Autumn Sovereign | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Selesnya 2 decks
Elite Scaleguard price history
The Commander Masters #22 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.19 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.19 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.19 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.19 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.20 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.20 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Elite Scaleguard
9 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.10
- Normal
- $0.24
- Foil
- $0.19
March of the Machine Commander
- Normal
- $0.25
- Normal
- $0.26
- Normal
- $0.29
- Normal
- $0.18
- Normal
- $0.24
- Normal
- $0.25
- Normal
- $0.16
- Foil
- $0.67
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Elite Scaleguard. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
