Temple Guardians is an epic knight unit that spawns more knights but only when played bordering your base or a temple. The strength of Temple Guardians and the strength of the units its spawns can be increased by leveling it up. Temple Guardians works well in control decks.
Strategies[]
Temple Guardians can give you a lot of strength for its cost, but its high cost and slow pressure makes it easy to circumvent.
As long as your home row is empty of any units, Temple Guardians provides a huge amount of strength for its cost. Temple Guardians does not pair well with non-temple structures as they block tiles for its ability.
For this amount of value, you can use mana-generating cards like Dawnsparks or Frozen Core to gain enough mana to play Temple Guardians earlier.
Be wary of opponents using freeze cards like Moment's Peace to prevent your knights from moving and rendering you unable to play units.
Sound Drivers can be an interesting way to circumvent Temple Guardians' weaknesses by giving you frontline and pushing strength forwards.
Temple Guardians will be able to activate its ability when played bordering any temple structure, so consider pairing it with those cards.
Leveling[]
Level
1
2
3
4
5
Mana
8
8
8
8
8
Strength
6
7
8
10
12
Movement
0
0
0
0
0
Ability
…spawn 4 strength Knights…
…spawn 5 strength Knights…
…spawn 6 strength Knights…
…spawn 7 strength Knights…
…spawn 8 strength Knights…
Change History[]
August 30, 2017: Increased ability strength by 1
October 11, 2017: Increased ability strength by 1
February 1, 2021: Ability can trigger when played in front of temples
March 1, 2022: Ability now also triggers when played on the sides of a temple
October 1, 2022: Ability now triggers when played bordering any temple or base instead of in front or sides of a friendly temple or base
When played bordering your base, spawn 2 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
6
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 3 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
7
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 4 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
8
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 5 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
10
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 6 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
12
0
Differences[]
Temple Guardians' ability strength was increased by 1 at all levels.
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 3 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
6
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 4 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
7
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 5 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
8
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 6 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
10
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 7 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
12
0
Differences[]
Temple Guardians' ability strength was increased by 1 at all levels.
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 4 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
6
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 5 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
7
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 6 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
8
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 7 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
10
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering your base, spawn 8 strength Knights on all tiles in the same row.
12
0
Differences[]
Temple Guardians' ability was changed to now also trigger when played in front of a friendly temple. Its syntax was also changed to spawn knights bordering whatever it is played next to, instead of spawning in a row.
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played on the tile in front of a friendly Temple structure or base, spawn 4 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
6
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played on the tile in front of a friendly Temple structure or base, spawn 5 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
7
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played on the tile in front of a friendly Temple structure or base, spawn 6 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
8
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played on the tile in front of a friendly Temple structure or base, spawn 7 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
10
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played on the tile in front of a friendly Temple structure or base, spawn 8 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
12
0
Differences[]
Temple Guardians' ability now also triggers when played on the sides of a temple
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played on the tile in front or the side of a friendly Temple structure or base, spawn 4 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
6
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played on the tile in front or the side of a friendly Temple structure or base, spawn 5 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
7
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played on the tile in front or the side of a friendly Temple structure or base, spawn 6 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
8
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played on the tile in front or the side of a friendly Temple structure or base, spawn 7 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
10
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played on the tile in front or the side of a friendly Temple structure or base, spawn 8 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
12
0
Differences[]
Temple Guardians' ability now triggers when played bordering any temple or base instead of the front or sides of a friendly temple or base
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering a Temple structure or base, spawn 4 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
6
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering a Temple structure or base, spawn 5 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
7
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering a Temple structure or base, spawn 6 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
8
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering a Temple structure or base, spawn 7 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
10
0
8
Temple Guardians
Knight
When played bordering a Temple structure or base, spawn 8 strength Knights on all of its bordering tiles.
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