Armored Guardian

Invasion · #230 · rare · EN

$0.21 · Foil $4.35

cheapest of 52 store offers · see all

market $0.38 · Foil $8.23

Mana cost: {3}{W}{U}

Type: Creature — Cat Soldier

Commonly played as: Protection

{1}{W}{W}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
{1}{U}{U}: This creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Artist: Arnie Swekel

Released: 2000-10-02

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.38
  • TCGplayer foil: $8.23
  • Cardmarket: €0.38
  • Cardmarket foil: €7.59
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$8.23$0.26
234 days of daily prices for Armored Guardian: $0.32 to $0.38
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $0.32 → $0.38 (+19%) · low $0.26 · high $8.23
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Invasion #230) in 8 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.21today
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.24today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.24today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.24today
Magic StrongholdHP · yesterdayHPregularCA$0.35yesterday
The Comic HunterNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$0.392 days ago
Magic StrongholdMP · yesterdayMPregularCA$0.40yesterday
Everything GamesHP · 9 days agoHPregularCA$0.409 days ago
GameKeeperMP · todayMPregularCA$0.43today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.31today
First PlayerSP · 2 days agoSPregularCA$0.452 days ago
Magic StrongholdSP · yesterdaySPregularCA$0.48yesterday
Atlas CollectablesNM · todayNMregularCA$0.49today
CardTraderDM · todayDMregular€0.42today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$4.35today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$7.00today
CardTraderSP · foil · todaySPfoil€6.83today
Hydra CollectNM · foil · 2 days agoNMfoil141.42 MXN2 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · todayMPfoil€7.12today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€7.59today
The Games CubeNM · foil · 4 days agoNMfoil14.27 AUD4 days ago

Truncated: 31 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 52 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: not legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 10 lists
  • Played in 1 deck
  • 10 copies tracked