Printings
Protection Magic
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Final Fantasy Commander (FIC)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 24
Oracle 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 Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 6, 2025
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.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
Removing a shield counter when a permanent would be dealt damage or destroyed isn't the same as regenerating that permanent.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
"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.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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