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Ceremonial Guard
Oracle Text
When this creature attacks or blocks, destroy it at end of combat.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Ceremonial Guard is a curious little piece of red design: a Human Soldier who hits above rate as a 3/4 for three mana, but only if you accept that each attack or block is a one-way ceremony. That makes it best in aggressive or tempo shells that want to pressure life totals early and don’t mind trading the body away after combat. It can punish awkward blockers, force bad attacks, and buy time against opposing aggro by blocking once and leaving combat with the dignity of a martyr. Because it dies after each combat anyway, pair it with sacrifice payoffs, death triggers, or recursion effects—cards that care about creatures dying turn its drawback into fuel. It also plays well with equipment or pump spells that let it punch through for a decisive hit before it vanishes. In Limited, treat it as a solid rate creature with a built-in expiration date; in Constructed, it needs synergies to feel truly efficient.
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Character Background
Ceremonial Guard is a curious little piece of red design: a Human Soldier who hits above rate as a 3/4 for three mana, but only if you accept that each attack or block is a one-way ceremony. That makes it best in aggressive or tempo shells that want to pressure life totals early and don’t mind trading the body away after combat. It can punish awkward blockers, force bad attacks, and buy time against opposing aggro by blocking once and leaving combat with the dignity of a martyr. Because it dies after each combat anyway, pair it with sacrifice payoffs, death triggers, or recursion effects—cards that care about creatures dying turn its drawback into fuel. It also plays well with equipment or pump spells that let it punch through for a decisive hit before it vanishes. In Limited, treat it as a solid rate creature with a built-in expiration date; in Constructed, it needs synergies to feel truly efficient.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 22:10:43 UTC