Great Oak Guardian

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Great Oak Guardian: Creature - Treefolk, Starter Commander Decks. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{G}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Treefolk
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
4/5
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
186
Artist
Steven Belledin
Commander rank
6,704 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flash, Reach

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About Great Oak Guardian

Great Oak Guardian is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green creature from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 186 in that set, with art by Steven Belledin. It costs {5}{G} (five generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/5 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Commander 2015 (2015) to Tales of Middle-earth Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

Reach

When this creature enters, creatures target player controls get +2/+2 until end of turn. Untap them.

His roots reach deep and grip hard.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Great Oak Guardian by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Great Oak Guardian

Great Oak Guardian has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #C19-170Uncommon2024
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #247Uncommon2023
Commander 2019 (C19) #170Uncommon2019
Commander Anthology (CMA) #113Uncommon2017
Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #79Uncommon2015
Commander 2015 (C15) #37Uncommon2015

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Great Oak Guardian, newest first.

  • Any creatures controlled by the player that are already untapped will just get +2/+2 until end of turn.
  • Great Oak Guardian's last ability targets only the player, not any creatures. Creatures with shroud that player controls will be affected, for example.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Great Oak Guardian is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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