---
name: "Ghost-Lit Warder"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Channel"]
set: "SOK"
set_name: "Saviors of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kensuke Okabayashi"
oracle_id: "cf1a4b18-62fa-46f3-baeb-c0f699c9cdde"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ghost-lit-warder-sok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ghost-Lit Warder
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Channel

## Oracle Text
{3}{U}, {T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK) #39
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kensuke Okabayashi
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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