---
name: "Armor of Thorns"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "VMA"
set_name: "Vintage Masters"
collector_number: "194"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alan Rabinowitz"
oracle_id: "31ead5a5-aa01-4601-8d3e-267b65fce3bb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/armor-of-thorns-vma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Armor of Thorns
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
Enchant nonblack creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eel Umbra](/printing/eel-umbra-afc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Feral Invocation](/printing/feral-invocation-jmp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Ward of Lights](/printing/ward-of-lights-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Gift of Granite](/printing/gift-of-granite-fut.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Lightning Reflexes](/printing/lightning-reflexes-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Soar](/printing/soar-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Vintage Masters (VMA) #194
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alan Rabinowitz
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`