---
name: "Duergar Cave-Guard"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Dwarf Warrior"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: ["Wither"]
set: "EVE"
set_name: "Eventide"
collector_number: "51"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dave Allsop"
oracle_id: "79d7950b-92c1-4431-a69e-26544eb0c7f0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/duergar-cave-guard-eve"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Duergar Cave-Guard
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Dwarf Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** Wither

## Oracle Text
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
{R/W}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

> *Los duérgar que crecen demasiado grandes como para vivir en los túneles son enviados a la superficie para defender las entradas de intrusos.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Inescapable Brute](/printing/inescapable-brute-shm.md) — Creature — Giant Warrior
2. [Scuzzback Scrapper](/printing/scuzzback-scrapper-shm.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
3. [Slinking Giant](/printing/slinking-giant-shm.md) — Creature — Giant Rogue
4. [Boggart Ram-Gang](/printing/boggart-ram-gang-prm.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
5. [Smoldering Butcher](/printing/smoldering-butcher-eve.md) — Creature — Elemental Warrior
6. [Duergar Assailant](/printing/duergar-assailant-eve.md) — Creature — Dwarf Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eventide (EVE) #51
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dave Allsop
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`