Protection Magic
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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.)
Rulings
6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-06-06
"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.
- 2025-06-06
Removing a shield counter when a permanent would be dealt damage or destroyed isn't the same as regenerating that permanent.
- 2025-06-06
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
- 2025-06-06
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
- 2025-06-06
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.
- 2025-06-06
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Protection Magic, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm, Windrider | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tidus, Yuna's Guardian | 1 | 0 | — |
| Y'shtola, Night's Blessed | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Selesnya 1 deck
- Esper 1 deck
- Bant 1 deck
Every version of Protection Magic
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Extended Art
- Normal
- $1.22
- Foil
- $2.98
- Normal
- $0.34
- Foil
- —
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Protection Magic — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
