Ephemeral Shields
Ephemeral Shields: Instant, March of the Machine Commander. Convoke. Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
- Released
- 2023-04-21
- Collector number
- 184
- Artist
- Yohann Schepacz
- Commander rank
- 11,241 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Convoke
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About Ephemeral Shields
Ephemeral Shields is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common white instant from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 184 in that set, with art by Yohann Schepacz. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Pauper Commander. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Magic 2015 (2014) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ephemeral Shields by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
Other printings of Ephemeral Shields
Ephemeral Shields has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #M15-11 | Common | 2019 |
| Magic 2015 (M15) #11 | Common | 2014 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Ephemeral Shields, newest first.
- You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
- When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
- Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for {1} or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.
- If a creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.
- Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
- Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Ephemeral Shields is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.