Defensive Stance
New Phyrexia 34 • common
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Collector number
- 34
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Market price
- $0.04
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -1/+1.
"It isn't for fighting. It's for when the fighting's gone bad."— Kara Vrist, Mirran resistance
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Defensive Stance was released in 2011 as part of the New Phyrexia set, the final installment of the Scars of Mirrodin block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set depicted the total corruption of the plane of Mirrodin by the Phyrexians, a fanatical race of biomechanical horrors. Mechanically, the card serves as a common-rarity utility spell designed to provide a defensive buff, fitting the set's emphasis on the struggle for survival against an overwhelming, infectious threat.
The card's visual identity was crafted by artist Kev Walker, a long-time contributor to the game known for his gritty and atmospheric style. Walker’s illustration captures the stark, industrial aesthetic of the Phyrexian regime, focusing on the harsh reality of combat in a world being systematically remade. Upon release, the card was received primarily as a limited-format staple, prized for its functional simplicity in deck building rather than for any particular narrative impact on the game's broader multiverse lore.
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