Stave Off
Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning 61 • common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning
- Collector number
- 61
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Mark Zug
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Target creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
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
Stave Off was originally illustrated by Greg Staples for the Judgment expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 2002. The card was later reprinted in the 2014 Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning set, featuring the original artwork, to serve as a versatile defensive tool within the 'Speed' deck, which emphasized aggressive, low-cost creatures and combat tricks.
The design of the card reflects the classic white-aligned mechanical identity of protecting permanents through temporary protection from colors. By allowing players to grant a creature protection from a chosen color, the card provides both a means of evasion and a defensive answer to targeted removal spells, consistent with the strategic focus of the Duel Decks series to showcase interactive gameplay between two distinct archetypes.
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