---
name: "Ore-Scale Guardian"
mana_cost: "{5}{R}{R}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Dragon"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Haste"]
set: "J21"
set_name: "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons"
collector_number: "493"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Aaron Miller"
oracle_id: "c4224ae5-4807-45cb-bd4b-70f2c0d9d9f4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ore-scale-guardian-j21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ore-Scale Guardian
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{R}{R}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Dragon
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Flying, Haste

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each land card in your graveyard.
Flying, haste

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Obsidian Charmaw](/printing/obsidian-charmaw-mh2.md) — Creature — Dragon
2. [Scaleguard Sentinels](/printing/scaleguard-sentinels-prm.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Guardian Scalelord](/printing/guardian-scalelord-soc.md) — Creature — Dragon
4. [Fearsome Whelp](/printing/fearsome-whelp-ymid.md) — Creature — Dragon
5. [Fledgling Dragon](/printing/fledgling-dragon-jud.md) — Creature — Dragon
6. [A-Earthquake Dragon](/printing/a-earthquake-dragon-hbg.md) — Creature — Elemental Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #493
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Aaron Miller
- **Total Printings:** 12 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`