Shield of the Oversoul
- Mana cost
- {2}{G/W}
- Type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Set
- The List #SHM-242 (common)
- Price
- $1.54 USD
Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is green, it gets +1/+1 and has indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it still dies.)
As long as enchanted creature is white, it gets +1/+1 and has flying.
Shield of the Oversoul has 2 printings, first in Shadowmoor (2008). EDHREC ranks it #4,610 among Commander cards. It appears most in Uril, the Miststalker decks (4,516 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Shield of the Oversoul most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Uril, the Miststalker: 4,516 decks
- Rafiq of the Many: 2,837 decks
- Tuvasa the Sunlit: 2,483 decks
- Ellivere of the Wild Court: 1,564 decks
- Aragorn, the Uniter: 1,477 decks
- Galea, Kindler of Hope: 1,368 decks
- Sigarda, Host of Herons: 1,224 decks
- Garnet, Princess of Alexandria: 879 decks
Often played with Shield of the Oversoul
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the enchanted creature is both of the listed colors, it will get both bonuses.
- : If an effect would simultaneously destroy Shield of the Oversoul and a green creature it’s enchanting, only the Shield is destroyed.
- : If a green creature enchanted by Shield of the Oversoul is dealt lethal damage, the creature isn’t destroyed, but the damage remains on the creature. If Shield of the Oversoul stops enchanting that creature later in the turn, the creature will lose indestructible and will be destroyed.