---
name: "Guardian of Faith"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Spirit Knight"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Vigilance", "Flash"]
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "148"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Brian Valeza"
oracle_id: "8e04a5e0-e22c-430b-a39a-c9f38e16ea86"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/guardian-of-faith-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Guardian of Faith
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Vigilance, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
Vigilance
When this creature enters, any number of other target creatures you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vizier of Deferment](/printing/vizier-of-deferment-akh.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Teferi's Honor Guard](/printing/teferis-honor-guard-plst.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Hollowhenge Spirit](/printing/hollowhenge-spirit-dka.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [King of the Oathbreakers](/printing/king-of-the-oathbreakers-pltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit Noble
5. [Containment Priest](/printing/containment-priest-mb2.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Drogskol Shieldmate](/printing/drogskol-shieldmate-emn.md) — Creature — Spirit Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #148
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Brian Valeza
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

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