Wall of Shards
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Type
- Snow Creature — Wall
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 8
- Set
- The List #CSP-23 (uncommon)
Defender, flying
Cumulative upkeep—An opponent gains 1 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Wall of Shards has 2 printings, first in Coldsnap (2006). EDHREC ranks it #8,788 among Commander cards. It appears most in Arcades, the Strategist decks (5,692 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Wall of Shards most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Arcades, the Strategist: 5,692 decks
- Felothar the Steadfast: 3,563 decks
- Gluntch, the Bestower: 751 decks
- Ghalta the Immovable: 329 decks
- Hunding Gjornersen: 3 decks
Often played with Wall of Shards
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : When paying Wall of Shards’ cumulative upkeep, you may choose a different opponent for each age counter, or you can choose the same opponent multiple times.
- : Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it’s not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can’t be made. For example, if a permanent with “cumulative upkeep {1}” has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice the permanent.