---
name: "Fierce Guardianship"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "1823"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mike Burns"
oracle_id: "d09c9cba-fdd2-479b-ad5d-d05181c3e3f9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fierce-guardianship-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fierce Guardianship
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flawless Maneuver](/printing/flawless-maneuver-tle.md) — Instant
2. [Obscuring Haze](/printing/obscuring-haze-tle.md) — Instant
3. [Deflecting Swat](/printing/deflecting-swat-cmm.md) — Instant
4. [Font of Magic](/printing/font-of-magic-clb.md) — Enchantment
5. [Commandeer](/printing/commandeer-cmm.md) — Instant
6. [Counterlash](/printing/counterlash-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1823
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mike Burns
- **Total Printings:** 31 across all historical editions

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