Giver of Runes
Giver of Runes: Creature - Kor Cleric, Modern Horizons. Tap: Another target creature you control gains protection from colorless or from the On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Creature - Kor Cleric
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 1/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons (MH1)
- Released
- 2019-06-14
- Collector number
- 13
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
About Giver of Runes
Giver of Runes is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Modern Horizons (MH1), a draft-focused set released in June 2019. It is collector number 13 in that set, with art by Seb McKinnon. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Modern Horizons (2019) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $10.73 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-18).
Card text
{T}: Another target creature you control gains protection from colorless or from the color of your choice until end of turn.
She provides marks of protection to those she chooses as family.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $10.73 (as of 2026-10-18).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Giver of Runes by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Giver of Runes
Giver of Runes has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91209 | Rare | 2024 |
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #147 | Rare | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1463 | Rare | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1463★ | Rare | 2023 |
| Historic Anthology 7 (HA7) #2 | Rare | 2023 |
| Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts (H1R) #3 | Rare | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #MH1-13 | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Giver of Runes, newest first.
- A permanent gaining protection may cause a spell or ability on the stack to have an illegal target. As a spell or ability tries to resolve, if all its targets are illegal, that spell or ability doesn't resolve. None of its effects happen, including effects unrelated to the target. If at least one target is still legal, the spell or ability does as much as it can to the remaining legal targets, and its other effects still happen.
- Similarly, protection from colorless means that the target creature can't be blocked by colorless creatures, can't be the target of colorless spells or abilities of colorless sources, can't be enchanted or equipped by colorless Auras or Equipment, and all damage that colorless sources would deal to it is prevented.
- Protection from a color means that the target creature can't be blocked by creatures of that color, can't be the target of spells of that color or abilities from sources of that color, can't be enchanted or equipped by Auras or Equipment of that color, and all damage that sources of that color would deal to it is prevented. Nothing other than these events is prevented or illegal.
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