Rune of Protection: White
Urza's Saga 41 • common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Collector number
- 41
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Scott M. Fischer
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
white mana: The next time a white source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling 2 generic mana (2 generic mana, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in 1998 as part of the Urza's Saga expansion for Magic: The Gathering, the Rune of Protection: White represents the final entry in a long-standing cycle of enchantment cards that allow players to prevent damage from specific colors. The set was designed to shift the game’s mechanical focus toward powerful enchantment synergies and complex resource management, marking a significant milestone in the game's early developmental history.
The card’s visual identity was realized by illustrator Brian Snodgrass, whose work during this era often leaned into traditional fantasy aesthetics to ground the game's increasingly abstract mechanics. While the Rune of Protection series was primarily utilized for sideboarding in competitive play, this iteration was noted for its integration into the broader Urza's Saga environment, where it provided a tactical countermeasure against the aggressive white-aligned decks that defined the competitive meta at the time.
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