---
name: "Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Soldier Warrior"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Horsemanship"]
set: "ME3"
set_name: "Masters Edition III"
collector_number: "12"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Qiao Dafu"
oracle_id: "f7ee3935-4510-485a-a863-ac38dffa1908"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/guan-yu-sainted-warrior-me3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Soldier Warrior
- **Keywords:** Horsemanship

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lu Meng, Wu General](/printing/lu-meng-wu-general-me3.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Sun Ce, Young Conquerer](/printing/sun-ce-young-conquerer-me3.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Sun Quan, Lord of Wu](/printing/sun-quan-lord-of-wu-cmm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Liu Bei, Lord of Shu](/printing/liu-bei-lord-of-shu-me3.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Yuan Shao, the Indecisive](/printing/yuan-shao-the-indecisive-ptk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Cao Ren, Wei Commander](/printing/cao-ren-wei-commander-ptk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition III (ME3) #12
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Qiao Dafu

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2009-10-01)* 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.
- *(2009-10-01)* Despite the similarities between horsemanship and flying, horsemanship doesn't interact with flying or reach.
- *(2009-10-01)* 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.