Shell Shield
Shell Shield: Instant, Zendikar Rising. Kicker 1. Target creature you control gets +0/+3 until end of turn. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising (ZNR)
- Released
- 2020-09-25
- Collector number
- 79
- Artist
- Wisnu Tan
- Commander rank
- 15,889 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Kicker
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About Shell Shield
Shell Shield is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue instant from Zendikar Rising (ZNR), an expansion set released in September 2020. It is collector number 79 in that set, with art by Wisnu Tan. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Zendikar Rising is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Kicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} as you cast this spell.)
Target creature you control gets +0/+3 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature also gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (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 Shell Shield 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 |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Shell Shield, newest first.
- The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
- If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
- If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
- To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
- If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
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In these card lists
These card lists include Shell Shield.