First printed in New Phyrexia (2011)
Instant
(
can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
Target artifact or creature you control gains protection from artifacts or from the color of your choice until end of turn.
- Illustrated by
- Brad Rigney
- Watermark
- Phyrexian
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (7)
- You choose the target as part of casting the spell. You choose what attribute the target gains protection from when the spell resolves.
- Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
- If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
- To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
- As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
- Any Equipment attached to a creature that gains protection from artifacts will become unattached.
- A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 29 Oct 2026).
