---
name: "Royal Warden"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Necron"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Phalanx Commander", "Unearth"]
set: "40K"
set_name: "Warhammer 40,000 Commander"
collector_number: "52"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Artur Nakhodkin"
oracle_id: "0192ba05-6144-4fec-a803-462ecdf64195"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/royal-warden-40k"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Royal Warden
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Necron
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Phalanx Commander, Unearth

## Oracle Text
Phalanx Commander — When this creature enters, create two tapped 2/2 black Necron Warrior artifact creature tokens.
Unearth {3}{B} ({3}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Triarch Praetorian](/printing/triarch-praetorian-40k.md) — Artifact Creature — Necron
2. [Skorpekh Lord](/printing/skorpekh-lord-40k.md) — Artifact Creature — Necron Noble
3. [Imotekh the Stormlord](/printing/imotekh-the-stormlord-40k.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Necron
4. [Scrapwork Cohort](/printing/scrapwork-cohort-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Soldier
5. [Their Number Is Legion](/printing/their-number-is-legion-40k.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa](/printing/mishra-tamer-of-mak-fawa-bro.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #52
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Artur Nakhodkin
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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