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◇ Catalog #42

Veteran Bodyguard

2ed·#42·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Douglas Shuler

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec 1993

33 yr ago

Value

$25.98+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $26 · low $24

NM$25.0

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$23–$26modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $28low $24range 14.9%n 48

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,865 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$25

Gameplay

Creature — Human

As long as this creature is untapped, all damage that would be dealt to you by unblocked creatures is dealt to this creature instead.

Good bodyguards are hard to find, mainly because they don't live long.

2/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2004-10-04wotc

If you have multiple Veteran Bodyguards, you can decide which one receives the redirected damage each time damage would be dealt to you.

2004-10-04wotc

If a creature is blocked but Trample damage is still done to a player, this damage can't be redirected to the Bodyguard because the Bodyguard only takes damage from unblocked creatures.

2004-10-04wotc

Damage goes to the Bodyguard as long as he is untapped. This works even if he is blocking.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $24.98. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $23.95 and $27.53 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 2ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #42 of *Unlimited Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the December 1993 Unlimited Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Human, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{W}{W} (5 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #26,865 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Douglas Shuler. Rarix catalogs 707 other cards credited to this artist.