---
name: "Reluctant Dounguard"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Kithkin Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed"
collector_number: "31"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Paolo Parente"
oracle_id: "162dcfa0-36e4-41cd-8322-08e810ff04d4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/reluctant-dounguard-ecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Reluctant Dounguard
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Kithkin Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4

## Oracle Text
This creature enters with two -1/-1 counters on it.
Whenever another creature you control enters while this creature has a -1/-1 counter on it, remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature.

> *Andere daran zu hindern, in den Flecken zu gelangen, ist das Einzige, was manche motiviert, seine Mauern zu verlassen.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kinsbaile Borderguard](/printing/kinsbaile-borderguard-mor.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier
2. [Bristlebane Battler](/printing/bristlebane-battler-ecl.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier
3. [Dauntless Survivor](/printing/dauntless-survivor-znr.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Timid Shieldbearer](/printing/timid-shieldbearer-ecl.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier
5. [Kjeldoran Home Guard](/printing/kjeldoran-home-guard-cst.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Kinsbaile Skirmisher](/printing/kinsbaile-skirmisher-ddo.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #31
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Paolo Parente
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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