---
name: "Memory Guardian"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Robot Artificer"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Affinity"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "49"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Hardy Fowler"
oracle_id: "dac33359-0317-4b11-9078-fccfd2321e53"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/memory-guardian-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Memory Guardian
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Robot Artificer
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Flying, Affinity

## Oracle Text
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying

> *Pour les Voyageurs Guidelux, il n'y a pas de déchets.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Somber Hoverguard](/printing/somber-hoverguard-mm2.md) — Creature — Drone
2. [Utrom Monitor](/printing/utrom-monitor-tmc.md) — Artifact Creature — Utrom Scientist
3. [Guidelight Synergist](/printing/guidelight-synergist-dft.md) — Artifact Creature — Robot Artificer
4. [Thought Monitor](/printing/thought-monitor-brc.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
5. [Aerial Engineer](/printing/aerial-engineer-m19.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
6. [Aeronaut Tinkerer](/printing/aeronaut-tinkerer-purl.md) — Creature — Human Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #49
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Hardy Fowler
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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