Magic: The Gathering

Steadfast Guard

Mercadian Masques 50 • common

Set: Mercadian Masques
Collector number: 50
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: white mana white mana
Type: Creature
Colors: White
Artist: Adam Rex
Market price: $0.11

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$0.11market price via TCGplayer · Aug 19, 2026$0.11 – $0.16 over the tracked period

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What it does

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

The Mercadians were prepared for the guard, but the guard was even more prepared for the Mercadians.

Formats

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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Provenance

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Steadfast Guard was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was designed to shift the game's aesthetic and mechanical focus toward the plane of Mercadia, a world defined by its complex mercantile systems and a distinctive, steampunk-influenced industrial landscape. As a common creature card, the Guard was intended to provide a functional, low-cost utility unit for players utilizing White mana, emphasizing the set's themes of organized defense and military vigilance.

The card's imagery was rendered by illustrator Adam Rex, who was a frequent contributor to the game during this era. Rex utilized a vibrant, illustrative style that leaned into the peculiar, clockwork-infused character designs that typified the Mercadian aesthetic. His depiction of the Guard focused on a character armored in the rigid, ornate style common to the setting's city-state, intended to convey a sense of unflinching duty. Upon its release, the card was received as a standard, reliable role-player within the Limited format, appreciated for its simple combat contribution rather than for any particular complexity.

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