Axebane Guardian
Axebane Guardian: Creature - Human Druid, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Human Druid
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 0/3
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 248
- Artist
- Slawomir Maniak
- Commander rank
- 3,291 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Defender
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About Axebane Guardian
Axebane Guardian is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 248 in that set, with art by Slawomir Maniak. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 0/3 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Pauper Commander. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Return to Ravnica (2012) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Defender
{T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.
Only a worthy few are permitted within the sentient forest known as Axebane.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Axebane Guardian by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
Other printings of Axebane Guardian
Axebane Guardian has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #RTR-115 | Common | 2024 |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) #115 | Common | 2012 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Axebane Guardian.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Axebane Guardian is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.