Shield of Duty and Reason
Apocalypse 16 • common
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Collector number
- 16
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Anthony S. Waters
- Market price
- $0.43
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has protection from green and from blue.
The duty: to defend. The reason: to survive.
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
The Shield of Duty and Reason was released in 2001 as part of the Apocalypse expansion, the third and final set of the Invasion block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed during a period when the game was heavily focused on multicolor themes and complex flavor, this enchantment card was designed to reflect the moral rigidity and tactical defensiveness characteristic of the white mana color identity within the game's lore.
The card’s illustration was provided by Anthony S. Waters, a prolific artist whose contributions during this era often leaned into high-fantasy aesthetics and symbolic iconography. His design for the shield emphasizes the theme of steadfast protection and the cold logic of duty, utilizing traditional fantasy motifs that were hallmarks of the game's early 2000s visual direction. It remains a modest but representative example of common-rarity world-building from the invasion narrative.
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