Guardians of Meletis
Theros 217 • common
- Set
- Theros
- Collector number
- 217
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Magali Villeneuve
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
The histories speak of two feuding rulers whose deaths were celebrated and whose monuments symbolized the end of their wars. In truth they were peaceful lovers, their story lost to the ages.
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
Guardians of Meletis was released in 2013 as part of the Theros expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was heavily influenced by Greek mythology, focusing on themes of gods, heroes, and the structure of the ancient polis. This card serves as a representative of the defensive nature of the Meletis city-state, functioning as a colorless artifact creature that emphasizes the set's mechanical focus on heroic feats and divine interaction.
The card features artwork by Volkan Baga, who utilized a clean, classical aesthetic to depict the stone constructs protecting the city. Baga’s design captures the rigid, monumental quality typical of Meletian architecture, grounding the card in the visual language established for the plane of Theros. Upon its release, the card was noted for its utility in limited formats as a reliable defensive wall, reflecting the deliberate world-building efforts of the Wizards of the Coast design team to integrate flavor with functional gameplay.
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