Wall of Frost
Wall of Frost: Creature - Wall, Modern Masters 2017. Defender. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Wall
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 0/7
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Modern Masters 2017 (MM3)
- Released
- 2017-03-17
- Collector number
- 56
- Artist
- Mike Bierek
- Commander rank
- 4,800 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Defender
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About Wall of Frost
Wall of Frost is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Modern Masters 2017 (MM3), a Masters set released in March 2017. It is collector number 56 in that set, with art by Mike Bierek. It costs {1}{U}{U} (one generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 0/7 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Magic 2010 (2009) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Defender
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
"I welcome it. The pasture is cleared of weeds and the wolves are frozen solid." -Lumi, goatherd
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Wall of Frost 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 |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Wall of Frost
Wall of Frost has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #MM3-56 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Planechase Anthology (PCA) #28 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Magic 2015 (M15) #83 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Magic 2014 (M14) #78 | Uncommon | 2013 |
| Planechase 2012 (PC2) #28 | Uncommon | 2012 |
| Magic 2011 (M11) #79 | Uncommon | 2010 |
| Magic 2010 (M10) #80 | Uncommon | 2009 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Wall of Frost, newest first.
- If the creature isn’t tapped during its controller’s next untap step (perhaps because it was untapped by a spell), Wall of Frost’s ability has no effect at that time. It won’t try to keep the creature tapped on subsequent turns.
- Wall of Frost’s ability tracks the creature, not the creature’s controller. That is, if the creature changes controllers before its first controller’s next untap step, then it won’t untap during its new controller’s next untap step.
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