Withstand
Guildpact 21 • common
- Set
- Guildpact
- Collector number
- 21
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Ron Spears
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
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"Defense is as much a part of war as offense, the shield as important a tool as the sword."— Alovnek, Boros guildmage
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
Withstand was released in 2006 as part of the Guildpact expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It belongs to the cycle of cards themed around the Orzhov Syndicate, a guild characterized by its hierarchical structure and themes of religious debt, afterlife, and complex legalistic magic. The card was designed to reflect the guild's focus on defensive persistence and the thematic endurance of their spiritual contracts within the game's broader Ravnica block.
The card features illustration by Terese Nielsen, a prominent artist whose work during this era frequently defined the visual identity of the game. Nielsen’s aesthetic for this piece captures the solemn, gothic sensibility of the Orzhov, utilizing a muted color palette and ethereal figures to evoke the sense of divine or supernatural protection. Upon release, the card was received as a functional tool for limited play formats, noted primarily for its alignment with the specific color identity and mechanical synergies required by the Orzhov guild decks of that period.
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