Protection Magic
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander #24 (rare)
- Price
- $0.35 USD
Put a shield counter on each of up to three target creatures. (If a creature with a shield counter would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Protection Magic has 2 printings, first in Final Fantasy Commander (2025). EDHREC ranks it #4,065 among Commander cards. It appears most in Tidus, Yuna's Guardian decks (15,785 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Protection Magic
- Counter Blitz - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Commanders that run Protection Magic most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Tidus, Yuna's Guardian: 15,785 decks
- Yuna, Grand Summoner: 5,437 decks
- Kros, Defense Contractor: 1,799 decks
- Yuna, Hope of Spira: 1,173 decks
- Sephiroth, Fallen Hero: 909 decks
- Miles Morales // Ultimate Spider-Man: 537 decks
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver: 439 decks
- Garnet, Princess of Alexandria: 368 decks
Often played with Protection Magic
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : "Shield" is not an ability that creatures have and shield counters are not keyword counters. If a creature with a shield counter loses its abilities, the shield counter will still protect it as normal.
- : Removing a shield counter when a permanent would be dealt damage or destroyed isn't the same as regenerating that permanent.
- : If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
- : Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
- : A creature with a shield counter on it may still be destroyed by state-based actions if it has damage marked on it equal to its toughness or has been dealt unpreventable damage by a source with deathtouch.
- : If a permanent that would be dealt damage has more than one shield counter on it, that damage is prevented and only one shield counter is removed.