---
name: "Veteran Bodyguard"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Human"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "CEI"
set_name: "Intl. Collectors' Edition"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "d29078c0-1fb8-437a-81d1-bb319f646941"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/veteran-bodyguard-cei"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Veteran Bodyguard
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Human
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/5

## Oracle Text
As long as this creature is untapped, all damage that would be dealt to you by unblocked creatures is dealt to this creature instead.

> *Good bodyguards are hard to find, mainly because they don't live long.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kjeldoran Royal Guard](/printing/kjeldoran-royal-guard-7ed.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Weathered Bodyguards](/printing/weathered-bodyguards-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Oracle's Attendants](/printing/oracles-attendants-8ed.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Palisade Giant](/printing/palisade-giant-rtr.md) — Creature — Giant Soldier
5. [Everdawn Champion](/printing/everdawn-champion-gnt.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Haazda Shield Mate](/printing/haazda-shield-mate-dis.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Intl. Collectors' Edition (CEI) #42
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler
- **Total Printings:** 16 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: `legal`