Akroma's Blessing
Akroma's Blessing: Instant, Onslaught. Choose a color. Creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn. Cycling W. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught (ONS)
- Released
- 2002-10-07
- Collector number
- 1
- Artist
- Adam Rex
- Commander rank
- 13,199 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Cycling
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About Akroma's Blessing
Akroma's Blessing is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white instant from Onslaught (ONS), an expansion set released in October 2002. It is collector number 1 in that set, with art by Adam Rex. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Onslaught (2002) to Vintage Masters (2014). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Choose a color. Creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.
Cycling {W} ({W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
The clerics saw her as a divine gift. She saw them only as allies in her war against Phage.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Akroma's Blessing by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Akroma's Blessing
Akroma's Blessing has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #11 | Uncommon | 2014 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Akroma's Blessing.
- Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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