Card text
Enchant creature
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove this Aura.
{W}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.
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Mana cost
{W}
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Card text
Enchant creature
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove this Aura.
{W}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Flickering Ward
Flickering Ward (109) is a White Enchantment — Aura from Commander: Secrets of Strixhaven (SOC). It costs {W} and has mana value 1. It is printed at Uncommon rarity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander and Oathbreaker.
Commander: Secrets of Strixhaven is a Commander product, released April 2026. Flickering Ward has 2 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
Enchant creature As this Aura enters, choose a color. Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove this Aura. {W}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.
Card details
- Card number
- 109
- Set
- Commander: Secrets of Strixhaven (SOC)
- Set type
- Commander
- Released
- 24 April 2026
- Rarity
- Uncommon (U)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Enchantment — Aura
- Colour
- White
- Colour identity
- White
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Flickering Ward
Flickering Ward in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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