Circle of Protection: Black
Tempest 8 • common
- Set
- Tempest
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Harold McNeill
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
1 generic mana: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Circle of Protection: Black was released in 1997 as part of the Tempest expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a member of the iconic cycle of protection enchantments, the card was designed to provide players with a strategic defensive tool against black-aligned decks, reflecting the game's fundamental color pie philosophy where each color possesses specific counters to the others.
The card features artwork by Margaret Organ-Kean, who contributed several pieces to the set. Her illustration captures the ethereal and protective nature of the spell through a soft, mystical aesthetic, which was a hallmark of the visual style established during the middle era of the game's development. It remains a recognizable piece of Magic's extensive history, valued by players for both its utility in early competitive formats and its contribution to the game's foundational mechanics.
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