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Vanguard's Shield
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Avacyn RestoredAVR · #223
- Card type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.07 € · ★ 0.36 € · 0.12 $ · ★ 0.36 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Equipped creature gets +0/+3 and can block an additional creature each combat. Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Ryan Pancoast
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-05-04
Flavour text
Wars are not fought on a single front.
Rulings
Abilities that allow a creature to block an additional creature are cumulative.