Hover Barrier
Hover Barrier: Creature - Illusion Wall, Return to Ravnica. Defender, flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Illusion Wall
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 0/6
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica (RTR)
- Released
- 2012-10-05
- Collector number
- 40
- Artist
- Mathias Kollros
- Commander rank
- 6,120 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Defender
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About Hover Barrier
Hover Barrier is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Return to Ravnica (RTR), an expansion set released in October 2012. It is collector number 40 in that set, with art by Mathias Kollros. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 0/6 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.47 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Defender, flying
As whispers and rumors increased, so did the demand for fail-safe barriers.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.47 (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 Hover Barrier by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Hover Barrier
Hover Barrier has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| RNA Guild Kit (GK2) #6 | Uncommon | 2019 |
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