The Iron Guardian Stirs
Archenemy Schemes 22★ • common
- Set
- Archenemy Schemes
- Collector number
- 22★
- Rarity
- Common
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Market price
- $2.85
What it does
When you set this scheme in motion, create a 4/6 colorless Golem artifact creature token.
"It would be disappointing if you were unable to overcome this simplest of defenses. Hilarious, but disappointing."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The Iron Guardian Stirs was released in 2010 as part of the Archenemy expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed as a Scheme card, it introduced a new multiplayer format where one player acts as the villain against a team of opponents. The card serves as a narrative tool, representing a powerful, mechanical threat that shifts the tide of battle in favor of the Archenemy.
The artwork was created by illustrator Raymond Swanland, whose distinctively visceral and high-energy style was commissioned to emphasize the overwhelming power of the card's effect. It was well received by the player base for its ability to inject a sense of cinematic tension and unpredictability into the Archenemy format, effectively capturing the theme of an awakening titan.
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