Faith's Shield
Faith's Shield: Instant, Dark Ascension. Target permanent you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Dark Ascension (DKA)
- Released
- 2012-02-03
- Collector number
- 7
- Artist
- Svetlin Velinov
- Commander rank
- 14,710 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Fateful hour
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About Faith's Shield
Faith's Shield is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white instant from Dark Ascension (DKA), an expansion set released in February 2012. It is collector number 7 in that set, with art by Svetlin Velinov. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. Dark Ascension is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Target permanent you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Fateful hour - If you have 5 or less life, instead you and each permanent you control gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (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 Faith's Shield 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 |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Faith's Shield, newest first.
- A player with protection from a color can’t be damaged, enchanted (including by Curses), or targeted by anything of that color.
- You choose only one color (not one color per player and permanent). You choose the color as Faith’s Shield resolves.
- Faith’s Shield targets a permanent regardless of how much life you have. If that permanent is an illegal target when Faith’s Shield tries to resolve, Faith’s Shield won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. Neither you nor any of your permanents will gain protection from a color.
Similar cards
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