Flickering Ward

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Flickering Ward: Enchantment - Aura, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Enchant creature. As this Aura enters, choose a color. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}
Mana value
1
Type
Enchantment - Aura
Colour identity
White (W)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Released
2026-04-24
Collector number
109
Artist
Pauline Voss
Commander rank
4,598 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Enchant

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About Flickering Ward

Flickering Ward is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white enchantment from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 109 in that set, with art by Pauline Voss. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Tempest (1997) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.47 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Enchant creature

As this Aura enters, choose a color.

Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove this Aura.

{W}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.47 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Flickering Ward by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Flickering Ward

Flickering Ward has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #11Uncommon2024
Tempest (TMP) #19Uncommon1997

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Flickering Ward.

  • If you choose White, the enchanted creature will have Protection from White. This will cause any other white Auras attached to that creature to be put into their owner's graveyard, but Flickering Ward will remain on the battlefield.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Flickering Ward is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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