Dimir House Guard
Ravnica: City of Guilds 83 • common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 83
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- John Zeleznik
- Market price
- $0.35
What it does
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate this creature.
Transmute 1 generic mana black mana black mana (1 generic mana black mana black mana, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in the 2005 Magic: The Gathering set Ravnica: City of Guilds, this card was created as a cornerstone for the Dimir guild, which represents the shadowy intelligence and espionage wing of the Ravnica plane. Its design focuses on the guild's core mechanics of surveillance and tactical manipulation, serving as a versatile tool for players needing both a defensive body and a means to tutor specific utility cards from their decks.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator John Zeleznik, who brought the eerie, cloak-and-dagger aesthetic of the Dimir to life through high-contrast lighting and sharp, imposing character design. Upon release, the card became a perennial staple in the Pauper format due to its unique combination of a 'transmute' ability and a creature type that synergized well with various graveyard-recursion strategies prevalent in the game's broader meta-game.
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