Sheltering Word
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Avacyn Restored #192 (common)
- Price
- $0.20 USD
Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Sheltering Word has 2 printings, first in Avacyn Restored (2012). EDHREC ranks it #11,013 among Commander cards. It appears most in Treebeard, Gracious Host decks (1,518 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Sheltering Word most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Treebeard, Gracious Host: 1,518 decks
- The Pride of Hull Clade: 872 decks
- Legolas, Master Archer: 326 decks
- Grunn, the Lonely King: 238 decks
- Kraven the Hunter: 210 decks
- Hurska Sweet-Tooth: 168 decks
- Willowdusk, Essence Seer: 122 decks
- Lily Bowen, Raging Grandma: 78 decks
Often played with Sheltering Word
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a creature gains hexproof in response to a spell or ability controlled by an opponent that targets only it, that spell or ability doesn’t resolve for having an illegal target when it tries to resolve.