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Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior

Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier Warrior

Guan Yu wants a deck that keeps making its creatures bigger turn after turn. It also works in a deck built around Humans, Soldiers or Warriors.

  • Mana cost3 genericwhitewhite
  • White ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 5
  • RarityRare

Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)

When Guan Yu is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may shuffle Guan Yu into your library.

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Cards That Fit Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior

Picked for what they do in Guan Yu's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Guan Yu's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior

explain how Guan Yu works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 1 Oct 2009

Despite the similarities between horsemanship and flying, horsemanship doesn't interact with flying or reach.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Oct 2009

If a replacement effect has Guan Yu move to a different zone instead of being put into the graveyard, the ability won't trigger at all.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Oct 2009

If Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior is removed from the graveyard after the ability triggers but before it resolves, it won't get shuffled into your library.

3 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWPlayers write colors as letters: W for white.+1/+1 Counters+1/+1 counter decks put small markers on their creatures that make each one permanently bigger, and keep adding more every turn. Each +1/+1 counter adds one to a creature's power (the damage it deals) and toughness (the damage it can take).Open the +1/+1 Counters pageEvasionAn ability that makes a creature hard to block, so its attacks reach the player. Flying, menace, landwalk and plain 'can't be blocked' are the common kinds.Open the Evasion page