Appa, Steadfast Guardian

Flash Flying When Appa enters, airbend any number of other target nonland permanents you control. (Exile them. While each one is exiled, its owner may cast it for rather than its mana cost.) Whenever you cast a spell from exile, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token.

Mox strategy

Appa, Steadfast Guardian is a strong value engine and protection tool for white midrange, blink, and tempo decks. Flash plus flying lets it ambush attackers, protect your board, and deploy at instant speed. Its main strength is airbending your own nonland permanents: you can temporarily save key creatures, token payoffs, mana rocks, or enchantments from removal and then recast them later for 2 mana. That recast-from-exile clause also turns Appa into a repeatable engine if you can blink him or repeatedly bounce/recast the exiled permanents. Best synergies are with blink effects, cheap permanents, token-producing nonland permanents, and cards that care about casting from exile. The Ally token trigger rewards exile-based loops and gives extra board presence without much effort. Key gameplay role: defensive tempo piece that also generates card advantage and board rebuilding. Best used when you can protect multiple permanents at once or set up value from re-casting them later.

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$12.15market (USD)

USD$12.15

USD Foil$13.68

EUR€11.84

EUR Foil€14.54

MTGO Tix0.19 Tix

Format legality

standardLegal
pioneerLegal
modernLegal
legacyLegal
vintageLegal
commanderLegal
pauper—
brawlLegal
historicLegal
alchemyLegal
oathbreakerLegal

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