Stave Off
Stave Off: Instant, Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning. Target creature 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
- Common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning (DDN)
- Released
- 2014-09-05
- Collector number
- 61
- Artist
- Mark Zug
- Commander rank
- 15,586 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Stave Off
Stave Off is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common white instant from Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning (DDN), a Duel Decks release released in September 2014. It is collector number 61 in that set, with art by Mark Zug. 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, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Magic 2012 (2011) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Target creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (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 Stave Off by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Stave Off
Stave Off has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #DDN-61 | Common | 2019 |
| Conspiracy (CNS) #83 | Common | 2014 |
| Magic 2012 (M12) #36 | Common | 2011 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Stave Off.
- You choose the target as part of casting the spell. You choose what color the target gains protection from when the spell resolves.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Stave Off.