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Concerted Defense

Magic: The GatheringZendikar Rising#52

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Zendikar RisingZNR · #52
Card type
Instant
Rarity
Uncommon
Indicative price
0.09 € · ★ 0.26 € · 0.22 $ · ★ 0.27 $
Mana value
1
Colour
Blue

Card text

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays plus an additional for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)

Format legality

  • BrawlLegal
  • CommanderLegal
  • CompetitivebrawlLegal
  • DuelLegal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • HistoricLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • PioneerLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • 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
Chris Rallis
Card language
English
Release date
2020-09-25

Flavour text

"You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us!"

Rulings

An ability referring to the number of creatures in your party gets a number from zero to four. Such abilities never ask which creatures are in your party, and you never have to designate specific creatures as being in your party. You can’t choose to exclude creatures from this count to lower the number.

If a creature has more than one party creature type, and there are multiple ways to count that creature that could result in a different number of creatures in your party, the highest such number is used. For example, if you control a Cleric and a Cleric Wizard, the number of creatures in your party is two. You can’t choose to have it be just one by counting the Cleric Wizard first as a Cleric.

To determine “the number of creatures in your party,” check whether you control a Cleric, whether you control a Rogue, whether you control a Warrior, and whether you control a Wizard. The number is the total number of those checks to which you answered yes. Each creature you control can be counted for only one of those checks.

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