Protection Magic
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Final Fantasy CommanderFIC · #24
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.36 € · 0.28 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- White
Card text
Put a shield counter on each of up to three target creatures. (If a creature with a shield counter would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- 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
- Mikio Masuda
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2025-06-13
Flavour text
"Armor of light, halt physical might!"
Rulings
"Shield" is not an ability that creatures have and shield counters are not keyword counters. If a creature with a shield counter loses its abilities, the shield counter will still protect it as normal.
A creature with a shield counter on it may still be destroyed by state-based actions if it has damage marked on it equal to its toughness or has been dealt unpreventable damage by a source with deathtouch.
If a permanent that would be dealt damage has more than one shield counter on it, that damage is prevented and only one shield counter is removed.
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
Removing a shield counter when a permanent would be dealt damage or destroyed isn't the same as regenerating that permanent.
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.