---
name: "Sanguine Guard"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["First strike", "Regenerate"]
set: "DDE"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "d86cc093-5db9-437a-a5bd-77d6faf97ca0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sanguine-guard-dde"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sanguine Guard
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** First strike, Regenerate

## Oracle Text
First strike
{1}{B}: Regenerate this creature.

> *「機械の父よ！ あなたの繊細で優美な視線が我らを刻む。その傷跡が、感謝に満ちた我らの体の上で踊る。」
———ファイレクシア経典*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lim-Dûl's High Guard](/printing/lim-dûls-high-guard-me2.md) — Creature — Skeleton
2. [Cadaverous Knight](/printing/cadaverous-knight-mir.md) — Creature — Zombie Knight
3. [Walking Dead](/printing/walking-dead-leg.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Unworthy Dead](/printing/unworthy-dead-usg.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Skeleton
5. [Asphodel Wanderer](/printing/asphodel-wanderer-ths.md) — Creature — Skeleton Soldier
6. [Restless Dead](/printing/restless-dead-mir.md) — Creature — Skeleton

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition (DDE) #9
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 12 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`