Lychguard

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Lychguard: Artifact Creature - Necron, Warhammer 40,000 Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact Creature - Necron
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
2/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K)
Released
2022-10-07
Collector number
39
Artist
Games Workshop
Commander rank
14,829 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Guardian Protocols

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About Lychguard

Lychguard is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black artifact creature from Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K), a Commander product released in October 2022. It is collector number 39 in that set, with art by Games Workshop. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Warhammer 40,000 Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Guardian Protocols - {3}{B}, Sacrifice this creature: Return all legendary creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

"Only the deathless can truly comprehend the burden of unfailing loyalty." -Vargard Obyron of the Sautekh Dynasty

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Lychguard by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Lychguard

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #39★Rare2022

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