Guardian of New Benalia
~$0.24 low · ~$0.97 high
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White. Creature — Human Soldier
Dominaria United #19 · Illustrated by Ernanda Souza
Dominaria United #19 · Illustrated by Ernanda SouzaWhat is Guardian of New Benalia 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
Enlist (As this creature attacks, you may tap a nonattacking creature you control without summoning sickness. When you do, add its power to this creature's until end of turn.)
Whenever this creature enlists a creature, scry 2.
Discard a card: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
2/2
Format legality
All 4 printings of Guardian of New Benalia
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dominaria United dmu #19· 2022rare· Cardmarket €0.31 · €0.21 foil | rare | $0.28 | $0.25 | €0.31€0.21 foil | |
 Dominaria United dmu #386· 2022Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.42 · €0.61 foil | rare | $0.24 | $0.27 | €0.42€0.61 foil | |
 Dominaria United Promos pdmu #19p· 2022Promorare· Cardmarket €0.33 · €0.38 foil | rare | $0.28 | $0.97 | €0.33€0.38 foil | |
 Dominaria United Promos pdmu #19s· 2022Promorare· Cardmarket €0.63 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $0.42 | €0.63 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2022
- Printings
- 4
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #16,749 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Enlist, Scry
- Artist
- Ernanda Souza
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Dominaria United card (#19).
019 · DMU · R · EN
- 019Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- DMUSet code for Dominaria United
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (6)
September 9, 2022
You may activate Guardian of New Benalia's last ability even if it's already tapped. You may also activate that ability multiple times in the same turn, even if Guardian of New Benalia already has indestructible.
September 9, 2022
You may tap only one creature for an enlist ability of an attacking creature, and a single creature can't be tapped for more than one enlist ability.
September 9, 2022
To enlist a creature, that creature must be untapped, it must not be attacking (even if it has vigilance), and it must have haste or have been under that attacking player's control since the beginning of their current turn.
September 9, 2022
When a player taps a creature for an attacking creature's enlist ability, that attacking creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the tapped creature's power. This is a triggered ability that goes on the stack immediately after attackers have been declared in the declare attackers step.
September 9, 2022
Guardian of New Benalia's second ability triggers whenever its controller taps another creature for Guardian of New Benalia's enlist ability.
September 9, 2022
The attacking player chooses whether to tap a creature for an enlist ability immediately after they tap the creatures that they have chosen to attack with. You can't choose to enlist a creature later.
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