Basilica Guards
Ravnica Remastered 7 • common
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Collector number
- 7
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
Defender
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay white mana or black mana. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
"None may pass . . . for free."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Basilica Guards originated in the Magic: The Gathering expansion Gatecrash, released in 2013, and were later included in the 2024 Ravnica Remastered set. The card represents a foot soldier of the Orzhov Syndicate, one of the ten power-seeking guilds that govern the cityscape of Ravnica. The design reflects the guild's signature blend of religious aesthetics and ruthless debt-collection bureaucracy, emphasizing its role as a defensive unit within the game's mechanics.
The artwork for the card captures the eerie, opulent style synonymous with the Orzhov, featuring a knight clad in ornate, ritualistic armor. The card was designed to function as a common rarity defensive creature, providing players with the 'defender' keyword and 'extort' mechanic, which rewards the player for spending mana to drain opponents' life totals. It is regarded as a quintessential example of the thematic world-building that defines the Ravnica plane.
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