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Defense Grid
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Ninth Edition9ED · #293
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 4.67 € · 7.18 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Each spell costs more to cast except during its controller's turn.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Mark Tedin
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2005-07-29
Flavour text
It lights up the sky, beckoning enemies only to repel them.
Rulings
The additional cost can be reduced by effects that reduce costs, such as Sapphire Medallion.
In Two-Headed Giant, spells don't cost extra on your own turn.
