Alpha Guard
~$0.05 low · ~$0.38 high
Green. Creature — Elf Employee
Unfinity #129 · Illustrated by Caroline Gariba
Unfinity #129 · Illustrated by Caroline GaribaWhat is Alpha Guard worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
When this creature enters, choose a letter.
: Untap another target permanent whose name starts with the chosen letter.
1/2
"Whimsy overflow in sector G! The gremlins are rampaging and the beebles are on fire!"
Format legality
All 2 printings of Alpha Guard
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Unfinity unf #129· 2022common· Cardmarket €0.03 · €0.12 foil | common | $0.05 | $0.17 | €0.03€0.12 foil | |
 Unfinity unf #415· 2022Galaxy Foilcommon· Cardmarket €0.39 foil | common | No non-foil printing | $0.38 | €0.39 foil |
Prices are TCGplayer market prices in USD for each printing and finish, via Scryfall. They are a guide, not an appraisal.
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Card details
- First printed
- 2022
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #31,824 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Caroline Gariba
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Unfinity card (#129).
129 · C · EN
- 129Collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Alpha Guard, read from the Unfinity printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Alpha Guard. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 2: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Elf and Employee are subtypes, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 1/2: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Caroline Gariba. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Unfinity. Black or white means common.
- Collector number
- 129 = collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- Rarity letter
- C = common
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Caroline Gariba, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (2)
2022-10-07
Because Alpha Guard appears only in Un- games, you may run into situations where cards that would normally have the same name—for example, an English-language Forest and a German-language Forest—now have different names. In Un- games, the name printed on the card is that card’s name (unless modified by stickers or other effects). Thus, if you were to choose F for Alpha Guard, you would be able to untap a Forest, but you would not be able to untap a Wald, Forest’s German equivalent.
2022-10-07
When determining what a name starts with, ignore all spaces and punctuation, including blank lines.
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