Defense of the Heart
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secret Lair DropSLD · #1039
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 18.54 € · ★ 21.68 € · 27.35 $ · ★ 22.19 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Green
Card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls three or more creatures, sacrifice this enchantment, search your library for up to two creature cards, put those cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Fajareka Setiawan
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-12-02
Rulings
Defense of the Heart's ability will check if an opponent controls three or more creatures as your upkeep begins. If none of them do, the ability won't trigger at all. If an opponent does, the ability will check again as it tries to resolve. If none of your opponents control three or more creatures at that point, the ability won't do anything. The opponent that controls three or more creatures as the ability resolves doesn't have to be the same opponent that controlled three or more creatures as it triggered.
If Defense of the Heart leaves the battlefield while its triggered ability is on the stack, the ability will still resolve as normal.
