Rare · Collectors' Edition and 9 other printings

Veteran Bodyguard

Creature — Human2/5

As long as this creature is untapped, all damage that would be dealt to you by unblocked creatures is dealt to this creature instead.

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How it plays

What it wants, and what it gives

Read from the rules text. A card that enables a keyword makes or is the thing; a card that rewards it gets better when you have it. Two cards interact when one enables what the other rewards.

It enables

enablesToughness mattersKeyword page →High-toughness creatures and defenders, and cards that turn toughness into damage.103 cards reward Toughness matters enablesSmall creaturesKeyword page →Creatures with power 2 or less, and cards that reward them.173 cards reward Small creatures

Also taggedHuman

Works well with

Cards that click with it

enablesToughness mattersmeetsrewardsToughness matters103 cards reward it

Price

Lowest printing, from Scryfall.

US market$1.81

EU market$0.02

Foil, lowest—

Price history: Collectors' Edition #42

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Date	Non-foil
12 Nov 2026	$3.50
11 Nov 2026	$3.50

Formats

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