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Delaying Shield
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
OdysseyODY · #17
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 2.88 € · ★ 11.20 € · 6.46 $ · ★ 44.99 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- White
Card text
If damage would be dealt to you, put that many delay counters on this enchantment instead. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove all delay counters from this enchantment. For each delay counter removed this way, you lose 1 life unless you pay .
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).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Luca Zontini
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2001-10-01
Rulings
Note that the damage is replaced and is not “prevented”. This means it can replace damage that “can’t be prevented”.