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Benevolent Ancestor
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Magic: The Gathering
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Ravnica: City of GuildsRAV · #3
- Card type
- Creature — Spirit
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.07 € · ★ 0.36 € · 0.08 $ · ★ 0.40 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 0
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- White
Card text
Defender (This creature can't attack.) : Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Nick Percival
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2005-10-07
Flavour text
Although the door is flimsy and the lock pathetically small, Josuri's family never fears the night outside.
Rulings
If the target would be dealt damage by multiple sources at once, that player or that permanent’s controller chooses one of those sources at the time damage would be dealt, and 1 of that damage from that source is prevented.
