---
name: "Resolute Watchdog"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Dog"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Defender"]
set: "RNA"
set_name: "Ravnica Allegiance"
collector_number: "19"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Milivoj Ćeran"
oracle_id: "ca2aee09-398d-4eaa-acbb-98663216185b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/resolute-watchdog-rna"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Resolute Watchdog
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Dog
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender
{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

> *楽しい時には友達に、苦しい時には護衛に、いざという時には救いの神となる。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Selfless Savior](/printing/selfless-savior-sld.md) — Creature — Dog
2. [Dauntless Bodyguard](/printing/dauntless-bodyguard-plst.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Cathar's Companion](/printing/cathars-companion-jmp.md) — Creature — Dog
4. [Dauntless Escort](/printing/dauntless-escort-2x2.md) — Creature — Rhino Soldier
5. [Earth Kingdom Protectors](/printing/earth-kingdom-protectors-tla.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Ally
6. [Duty Beyond Death](/printing/duty-beyond-death-tdm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) #19
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Milivoj Ćeran
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`