Circle of Protection: Red
Pro Tour Collector Set bl17sb • common
- Set
- Pro Tour Collector Set
- Collector number
- bl17sb
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
1 generic mana: The next time a red 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: Red was originally printed in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed by Richard Garfield as part of a cycle of enchantments intended to provide players with specific defensive counters against color-based strategies. This particular version originates from the 1997 Pro Tour Collector Set, a box set produced to commemorate the top decks from the World Championship, which utilized gold-bordered cards to distinguish tournament-featured cards from standard play sets.
The artwork, illustrated by Dan Frazier, features a minimalist and iconic aesthetic characteristic of the game's early years. The design goal was to translate the tactical necessity of 'color hate' cards—items that disrupt the strengths of specific color identities—into the game's core mechanics. While standard in competitive environments of the era, the gold-bordered variants are now primarily valued by collectors for their role in preserving the history of early professional tournament play.
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