---
name: "Guardian of Tazeem"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Sphinx"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Landfall", "Flying"]
set: "PBFZ"
set_name: "Battle for Zendikar Promos"
collector_number: "78s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zack Stella"
oracle_id: "06432957-decc-4ba2-95b1-cc9536a576d4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/guardian-of-tazeem-pbfz"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Guardian of Tazeem
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Sphinx
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/5
- **Keywords:** Landfall, Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. If that land is an Island, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soaring Seacliff](/printing/soaring-seacliff-c20.md) — Land
2. [Troublesome Spirit](/printing/troublesome-spirit-pcy.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Ethereal Whiskergill](/printing/ethereal-whiskergill-lrw.md) — Creature — Elemental
4. [Dungeon Geists](/printing/dungeon-geists-pm20.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Wave-Wing Elemental](/printing/wave-wing-elemental-bfz.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Riddlemaster Sphinx](/printing/riddlemaster-sphinx-m19.md) — Creature — Sphinx

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battle for Zendikar Promos (PBFZ) #78s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zack Stella
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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