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Tocatli Honor Guard

{1}{W}

Creature — Human Soldier

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The glorious city of Pachatupa is the center of the Sun Empire, and Tocatli, the emperor's palace, is its glowing heart.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 2089
Illustrator
Sara Winters
Found in
Ixalan MTGO Redemption · Ixalan MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings3Combos56EDHREC rank#14,318
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Creatures entering don't cause abilities to trigger.
1/3
Plays as:
ETB HateHate Bear
Market · per finishspark updated 24h ago · prices as of 2026-08-29
Nonfoil-6.5%
$0.29
$0.10 low$0.07 gapTCGplayer
Foil+19.3%
$0.68
$0.34 low$0.26 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.29· across 3 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

6 · latest Sep 29, 2017
  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    If Tocatli Honor Guard and another creature enter the battlefield at the same time, neither creature entering the battlefield will cause triggered abilities to trigger.

  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    Look at the permanent as it exists on the battlefield, taking into account continuous effects, to determine whether any triggered abilities will trigger. For example, if you control March of the Machines, which says, in part, “Each noncreature artifact is an artifact creature,” each artifact will be a creature at the time it enters the battlefield and will not cause triggered abilities to trigger.

  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    Replacement effects, such as a permanent entering the battlefield tapped or with counters on it, are unaffected. Abilities that apply “as [this creature] enters the battlefield” are replacement effects.

  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    The trigger event doesn’t have to specify “creatures” entering the battlefield. For example, Contraband Kingpin has an ability that says “Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under your control, scry 1.” If an artifact creature enters the battlefield under your control, that ability won’t trigger. If a noncreature artifact enters the battlefield under your control, the ability will trigger.

  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    Tocatli Honor Guard’s ability stops a creature’s own enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that would trigger when a creature enters the battlefield. This includes abilities that would trigger when Tocatli Honor Guard itself enters the battlefield.

  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    Triggered abilities use the word “when,” “whenever,” or “at.” They’re usually written as “[Trigger condition], [effect].”