Den Protector
Den Protector: Creature - Human Warrior, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block it. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Human Warrior
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 2/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 169
- Artist
- Viktor Titov
- Commander rank
- 6,379 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Megamorph
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About Den Protector
Den Protector is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 169 in that set, with art by Viktor Titov. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Dragons of Tarkir (2015) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block it.
Megamorph {1}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When this creature is turned face up, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Den Protector by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Den Protector
Den Protector has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander 2019 (C19) #161 | Rare | 2019 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #147 | Rare | 2016 |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #181 | Rare | 2015 |
| Dragons of Tarkir Promos (PDTK) #181s | Rare | 2015 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Den Protector, newest first.
- You compare Den Protector's power to the power of any creature trying to block it only as blockers are assigned. Once Den Protector has been legally blocked by a creature, changing the power of either creature won't change or undo the block.
- Megamorph is a variant of the morph ability. You can find more information on morph on cards with morph from the Khans of Tarkir set.
- Turning a face-down creature with megamorph face up and putting a +1/+1 counter on it is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
- If a face-down creature with megamorph is turned face up some other way (for example, if you manifest a card with megamorph and then pay its mana cost to turn it face up), you won't put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Den Protector is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
In these card lists
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