---
name: "Artifact Ward"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ATQ"
set_name: "Antiquities"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "9bd3a4bb-cc12-4e5f-a33f-77ab0c7788db"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/artifact-ward-atq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Artifact Ward
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked by artifact creatures.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature by artifact sources.
Enchanted creature can't be the target of abilities from artifact sources.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Seeker](/printing/seeker-4ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Stasis Cocoon](/printing/stasis-cocoon-5dn.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Petrify](/printing/petrify-lci.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Black Ward](/printing/black-ward-lea.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Circle of Protection: Artifacts](/printing/circle-of-protection-artifacts-atq.md) — Enchantment
6. [Argivian Blacksmith](/printing/argivian-blacksmith-atq.md) — Creature — Human Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Antiquities (ATQ) #3
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler

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