Ethereal Armor
Return to Ravnica 9 • common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 9
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Daarken
- Market price
- $0.37
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control and has first strike.
Metal is scarce, smiths are pricey, and plate mail is heavy.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ethereal Armor was released in the 2012 Magic: The Gathering set Return to Ravnica. As a common enchantment from the Orzhov syndicate-aligned cards, it was designed to support the 'Auras' archetype within the Limited environment, rewarding players for stacking enchantments onto a single creature. The card quickly gained a reputation for its efficiency, as its power and toughness bonus scales rapidly with each additional enchantment, turning modest creatures into significant threats.
The artwork for Ethereal Armor was created by illustrator Johannes Voss. Voss sought to capture the ethereal, ghostly aesthetic associated with the Orzhov guild—a religious organization obsessed with debt and the afterlife. His design emphasizes the translucent, spectral nature of the armor, reflecting the card's function as a protective and empowering shroud. The art has been widely praised by fans for its polished execution, contributing to the card becoming a staple in various constructed formats, particularly Pauper and Modern Bogles decks.
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