Defend the Celestus
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Innistrad: Double FeatureDBL · #182
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.17 € · ★ 0.23 € · 0.16 $ · ★ 0.22 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures you control.
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).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Andrey Kuzinskiy
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-01-28
Flavour text
Witch, werewolf, and cathar stood shoulder to shoulder around the Sungold Lock at the center of the ritual, ready to stop Tovolar's assault—or die trying.
Rulings
If some, but not all, of the target creatures are illegal targets as Defend the Celestus resolves, the original distribution of counters remains the same. Counters that were to be put on the now-illegal targets are lost.
You decide how to distribute the counters as you cast Defend the Celestus. You must distribute at least one counter to each creature you target.
