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Relic Ward

Magic: The GatheringVisions#16

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VisionsVIS · #16

Card type: Enchantment — Aura
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: 0.27 € · 0.11 $
Mana value: 2
Colour: White

Card text

You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step. Enchant artifact Enchanted artifact has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PredhLegal
PremodernLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: John Coulthart
Card language: English
Release date: 1997-02-03

Flavour text

Asmira's prayers alone should have freed Mangara from the amber prison . . .

Rulings

2005-08-01

Does not destroy Auras which are on the artifact, and it does not prevent Auras from being moved onto the artifact.

2022-12-08

The sacrifice occurs only if you cast it using its own ability. If you cast it using some other effect (for example, if another effect allowed you to cast it as though it had flash), then it won't be sacrificed.