Dark Guardian
Effect Monster
Dark Guardian is a Effect Monster (DARK/Warrior, Level 12) with 3800 ATK / 3800 DEF. First printed in Phantom Nightmare (2024).
- Type
- Effect Monster
- Attribute
- DARK
- Monster type
- Warrior
- Level
- 12
- ATK / DEF
- 3800 / 3800
- Archetype
- Guardian
- Banlist
- Unlimited in the TCG, OCG, and Master Duel
- TCG release
- Feb 8, 2024
- Printings
- 1
Card text
(This card is always treated as a "Gate Guardian" card.) Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be either Special Summoned by "Dark Element", or Special Summoned (from your hand or GY) by shuffling into the Deck, 1 each of your "Sanga of the Thunder", "Kazejin", and "Suijin" that is in your hand, face-up field, GY, and/or banished. Cannot be destroyed by battle. If this card is Special Summoned by the effect of "Dark Element", it is unaffected by other monsters' effects or your opponent's activated Spell Cards or effects.
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≈$0.17 lowest USD figure across marketplaces, for no one printing
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Printings & rarities
| Set | Set code | Rarity | Release | Price* | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom NightmarePHNI-EN013 · Common · Feb 8, 2024 | PHNI-EN013 | Common | Feb 8, 2024 | ~$0.181st Edition | Buy on TCGplayerSearch eBay |
*Approximate price hints, not appraisals. A price with a finish (1st Edition, Unlimited, Limited) is TCGplayer's for that set code, rarity and finish, via TCGCSV, updated Oct 26, 2026. A price marked YGOPRODeck is YGOPRODeck's figure for that printing. A dash means that printing has no price yet. Buy links are affiliate links.
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Dark Guardian in other languages
| Japanese | 闇の守護神－ダーク・ガーディアン |
| Korean | 어둠의 수호신－다크 가디언 |
| Chinese | 暗之守护神－黑暗守护者 |
| German | Finsterer Wächter |
| French | Gardien des Ténèbres |
| Italian | Guardiano Oscuro |
| Spanish | Guardián de la Oscuridad |
| Portuguese | Guardião Sombrio |
