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◇ Catalog #2172

Guardian Project

sld·#2172·mythic·borderless

Illus. Jim Woodring

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Oct '25

10 mo ago

Value

$18.60+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $18 · low $17

NM$17.6

LP—

MP—

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$16–$19modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $18low $17range 5.0%n 43

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #307 · Popular pick

Variants

Borderless$18

Gameplay

Enchantment

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2019-01-25wotc

A face-down creature has no name, so it can't share a name with anything. This includes other creatures with no name.

2019-01-25wotc

Whether the entering creature shares a name with a creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard is checked both as that creature enters and as Guardian Project's ability resolves. If the entering creature isn't the first of its name as it enters, the ability doesn't trigger at all; if its name is shared as the ability resolves, you don't draw a card.

2019-01-25wotc

If the entering creature leaves the battlefield and returns while Guardian Project's ability is on the stack, that same card will be a new creature you control that shares a name with the creature that was on the battlefield, so you won't draw a card. However, Guardian Project's ability may trigger for the new creature and you may draw a card as that ability resolves.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $17.60. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $16.76 and $17.60 across 43 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #2172 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2025 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity green, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {3}{G} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #307 in Commander, putting it in the popular-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jim Woodring. Rarix catalogs 3 other cards credited to this artist.