Loyal Guardian
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Trample
Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2018-07-13
If you have multiple commanders, you need to control only one for the lieutenant effect to happen.
- 2018-07-13
The lieutenant effect happens only once each combat, even if you somehow control multiple commanders (perhaps because you have two commanders with a partner ability from the Battlebond™ set).
- 2018-07-13
If you don't control your commander as the lieutenant ability resolves, you won't get its effect.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Loyal Guardian, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| T'Challa, the Black Panther | 4 | 3 | — |
| The Fantastic Four | 1 | 3 | — |
| Sovereign Okinec Ahau | 1 | 1 | — |
| Duskana, the Rage Mother | 1 | 0 | — |
| Emmara, Soul of the Accord | 1 | 0 | — |
| Vraska, the Cutting Glare | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Selesnya 6 decks
- Golgari 1 deck
- Naya 1 deck
- Four-Color (no Black) 1 deck
Loyal Guardian price history
The Marvel Super Heroes Commander #176 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.30 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Loyal Guardian
6 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
- —
- Normal
- $0.31
- Foil
- —
- Normal
- $0.22
- Foil
- $0.40
- Normal
- $0.29
- Normal
- $0.68
Commander 2018
- Normal
- $0.50
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Loyal Guardian. 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.
