Witness Protection
Foundations 168 • common
- Set
- Foundations
- Collector number
- 168
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Dominik Mayer
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green and white Citizen creature with base power and toughness 1/1 named Legitimate Businessperson. (It loses all other colors, card types, creature types, and names.)
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
Witness Protection was released in 2022 as part of the Magic: The Gathering set Foundations. The card serves as a mechanical reimagining of classic removal spells, utilizing a humorous, top-down design that depicts the literal and metaphorical process of placing a creature into a protective program. It was created to provide white decks with a flexible, non-destructive way to neutralize problematic opposing permanents by stripping them of their abilities and power.
The card's art was illustrated by Phil Stone, who employed a whimsical, stylized aesthetic to underscore the card's lighthearted narrative premise. By transforming a powerful battlefield threat into a harmless, flavor-text-heavy 'witness,' the design emphasizes the game's shift toward incorporating more tongue-in-cheek, trope-focused cards. Upon release, it was well-received by players for its clever flavor and utility in limited formats, where it acts as a staple removal effect.
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