Axebane Guardian’s activated ability is a mana ability. It doesn’t use the stack and can’t be responded to. The number of creatures with defender you control is counted, and the color(s) of mana produced chosen, immediately after the ability is activated when the ability resolves.
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This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from RTR — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #115 of *Return to Ravnica*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2012 Return to Ravnica release.
Card type: Creature — Human Druid, color identity green, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{G} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Defender.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #3,334 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Slawomir Maniak. Rarix catalogs 890 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Slawomir Maniak
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