Fierce Guardianship

Instant

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying the mana cost.

Counter target noncreature spell.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

So_Immersive on Galadriel, Light of Valinor

1 month ago

cEDH interaction staples I would suggest:

Flusterstorm, Silence, Force of WillGC, An Offer You Can't Refuse, Borne Upon a Wind, Veil of Summer, Force of Negation, Swan Song, Fierce GuardianshipGC, Into the Flood Maw, Mindbreak Trap

combos you can utilize:

Valley Floodcaller + Retraction Helix + any mana positive rock like Sol Ring or Mana VaultGC resulting in infinite {C}

Devoted Druid + Swift Reconfiguration resulting in infinite {G}

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Basalt Monolith resulting in infinite {C}

popular dorks in cEDH

Noble Hierarch, Birds of Paradise, Delighted Halfling

(effects like Neoform and Eldritch Evolution are good for turning your dorks into protection with Grand Abolisher or Voice of Victory when trying to combo)

theNeroTurtle on test

1 month ago

hello

theNeroTurtle on test

1 month ago

Absolute Virtue

Decree of Silence Nine Lives Rest in Peace Solemnity Web of Inertia

An Offer You Can't Refuse Counterspell Cyclonic RiftGC Dovin's Veto Fierce GuardianshipGC Force of Negation Force of WillGC Mana Drain Oblation Pact of Negation Path to Exile Swords to Plowshares

Lightning Greaves Swiftfoot Boots

Boromir, Warden of the Tower Giver of Runes Grand Arbiter Augustin IVGC Mother of Runes Pippin, Guard of the Citadel Selfless Savior Skrelv, Defector Mite Vexilus Praetor

Academy Ruins Adarkar Wastes Ancient TombGC Command Tower Deserted Beach Flooded Strand Floodfarm Verge Gemstone Caverns Glacial Fortress Hall of Heliod's Generosity Hallowed Fountain Island Kor Haven Mana Confluence Maze of Ith Meteor Crater Mystic Gate Nimbus Maze Plains Prahv, Spires of Order Reflecting Pool Rogue's Passage Sea of Clouds Tundra

Dovin, Grand Arbiter Land Tax Rhystic StudyGC Smothering TitheGC Tithe

Arcane Signet Chrome MoxGC Grim MonolithGC Mana VaultGC Mox Amber Mox DiamondGC Mox Opal Sol Ring

Augur il-Vec Hunted Phantasm Infiltrator il-Kor Invisible Stalker Latch Seeker Looter il-Kor Soltari Champion Soltari Crusader Soltari Foot Soldier Soltari Lancer Soltari Monk Soltari Priest Soltari Trooper Soltari Visionary Spirit en-Dal Thalakos Deceiver Thalakos Dreamsower Thalakos Mistfolk Thalakos Scout Thalakos Seer Thalakos Sentry Zealot il-Vec

Academy Rector Enlightened TutorGC Idyllic Tutor IntuitionGC Mystical TutorGC

theNeroTurtle on

1 month ago

Absolute Virtue

Decree of Silence Nine Lives Rest in Peace Solemnity Web of Inertia

An Offer You Can't Refuse Counterspell Cyclonic RiftGC Dovin's Veto Fierce GuardianshipGC Force of Negation Force of WillGC Mana Drain Oblation Pact of Negation Path to Exile Swords to Plowshares

Lightning Greaves Swiftfoot Boots

Boromir, Warden of the Tower Giver of Runes Grand Arbiter Augustin IVGC Mother of Runes Pippin, Guard of the Citadel Selfless Savior Skrelv, Defector Mite Vexilus Praetor

Academy Ruins Adarkar Wastes Ancient TombGC Command Tower Deserted Beach Flooded Strand Floodfarm Verge Gemstone Caverns Glacial Fortress Hall of Heliod's Generosity Hallowed Fountain Island Kor Haven Mana Confluence Maze of Ith Meteor Crater Mystic Gate Nimbus Maze Plains Prahv, Spires of Order Reflecting Pool Rogue's Passage Sea of Clouds Tundra

Dovin, Grand Arbiter Land Tax Rhystic StudyGC Smothering TitheGC Tithe

Arcane Signet Chrome MoxGC Grim MonolithGC Mana VaultGC Mox Amber Mox DiamondGC Mox Opal Sol Ring

Augur il-Vec Hunted Phantasm Infiltrator il-Kor Invisible Stalker Latch Seeker Looter il-Kor Soltari Champion Soltari Crusader Soltari Foot Soldier Soltari Lancer Soltari Monk Soltari Priest Soltari Trooper Soltari Visionary Spirit en-Dal Thalakos Deceiver Thalakos Dreamsower Thalakos Mistfolk Thalakos Scout Thalakos Seer Thalakos Sentry Zealot il-Vec

Academy Rector Enlightened TutorGC Idyllic Tutor IntuitionGC Mystical TutorGC

MilesHiles on Breya, Mistress of Machines

2 months ago

Looks like a fun build! Seems like a lot of lands for a deck with some many mana rocks though. You might want to consider ditching a couple of Plain and playing Deflecting Swat and/or Fierce GuardianshipGC. The Avatar reprints have knocked the pricing down for them again and they would both help with free anti-removal for Breya, Etherium Shaper

plakjekaas on Why Are the Other Free …

5 months ago

DreadKhan you're not wrong, but your insight in why which cards are useful in which brackets had flipped some cause and effect. Fierce GuardianshipGC is needed in bracket 4-5 because the wincons in those brackets are noncreature spells that need to be broken on the stack to be stopped. To the point that playing free counterspells now is signpost tryhard behaviour showing the game you're playing is too efficient for lower brackets.

Not being fun in lower brackets is a reason to put card on/off the gamechangers list, but it's not the only reason. Playing gamechangers is a sign you want to play a different kind of game than precons are built for. A game full of interaction and strong/ efficient ways to win, that can't be deterred by a few good blockers. The fact that you need the (tryhard, freespelling) gamechangers for both offensive and defensive uses, makes it bracket 4, it's not bracket 4 because you can play the cards.

And obligatory repeat:

The bracket system is not a legality checklist. It's a tool to start a conversation about what you want and expect out of a game of commander. There's no legality tied to it, the gamechangers are there to tell the oblivious players that; if these are the cards you like to play, there's a big percentage of players that will not have fun playing against your deck. So that the matchmaking of decks beforehand will lead to the opposite of disappointment for the most players involved. You can build decks without any gamechangers in it, still with the means to combo on turn 3. The deck isn't bracket 2 by lack of gamechangers, the intent matters as much as the cards do.

And the intent of someone playing Force of WillGC and Fierce GuardianshipGC in their deck is barely ever different from "I need to win at any cost, and stop everyone else from doing so". Which makes it at least bracket 4. That's why they're on that list. Like Food ChainGC. You don't play that card without a way to make infinite mana with it. Those plans are not casual commander plans. Deadly Rollick does not in any way convey that same sentiment, and is therefore way more widely accepted, and not a gamechanger, even though it's free. That's the conversation the Gamechanger list is trying to start.

PhotogenicParasympathetic on Why Are the Other Free …

5 months ago

Except that part of the point of the Gamechangers is to help point to decks that are going to skew gameplay towards themselves vs decks that don't play those cards. Saying "Bracket 4 and 5 don't care about GCs" is missing the point. If I'm playing a low level deck, I'm going to be outclassed by a deck running cards like Fierce GuardianshipGC. I'm NOT going to be outclassed by Deadly Rollick.

DemonDragonJ on Why Are the Other Free …

5 months ago

Deflecting SwatGC and Fierce GuardianshipGC are both on the list of game changers for the EDH format, a decision with which I fully agree, but the other three cards in that cycle, Flawless Maneuver, Deadly Rollick, and _Obscuring Haze, are not on that list, so I wonder why that is; are the other three cards simply not as powerful as are the red and blue members of that cycle?

What does everyone else say, about this? Why are Flawless Maneuver, Deadly Rollick, and Obscuring Haze not on the list of game changers in EDH? I certainly am interested to hear your thoughts, on this matter.