Ward of Piety
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Betrayers of KamigawaBOK · #28
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.12 € · ★ 0.38 € · 0.26 $ · ★ 0.45 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- White
Card text
Enchant creature : The next 1 damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature this turn is dealt to any target instead.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Greg Hildebrandt
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2005-02-04
Flavour text
Reluctant to strike at the kami directly, some kitsune trained in more passive fighting techniques.
Rulings
Redirected damage retains its information. For example, your opponent attacks you with Slith Firewalker (which reads, in part, “Whenever Slith Firewalker deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.”) and you block with a creature enchanted with Ward of Piety. If you activate Ward of Piety, targeting your opponent, the Slith’s ability triggers during the combat damage step and it gets a +1/+1 counter. It’s still combat damage.