Card text
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature.
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Mana cost
{1}{G}
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Card text
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Respite
Respite (249) is a Green Instant from Tempest (TMP). It costs {1}{G} and has mana value 2. It is printed at Common rarity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander and Pauper and 1 more format.
Tempest is a main expansion, released October 1997. Respite has 1 other card in the database, listed further down the page.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature.
Card details
- Card number
- 249
- Set
- Tempest (TMP)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 13 October 1997
- Rarity
- Common (C)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Instant
- Colour
- Green
- Colour identity
- Green
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Respite
Respite in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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