---
name: "Blistering Barrier"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Wall"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Defender"]
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "159"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David Ho"
oracle_id: "8783533d-dd98-4b80-b348-29051e1b5c28"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blistering-barrier-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Blistering Barrier
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Wall
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/2
- **Keywords:** Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender (This creature can't attack.)

> *I live without food, stand without leg, wound without force, and am harder to fight than to kill. What am I?
—Femeref riddle*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wall of Heat](/printing/wall-of-heat-brb.md) — Creature — Wall
2. [Wall of Fire](/printing/wall-of-fire-cei.md) — Creature — Wall
3. [Wall of Opposition](/printing/wall-of-opposition-chr.md) — Creature — Wall
4. [Wall of Stone](/printing/wall-of-stone-lea.md) — Creature — Wall
5. [Flowstone Wall](/printing/flowstone-wall-nem.md) — Creature — Wall
6. [Wall of Lava](/printing/wall-of-lava-ice.md) — Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #159
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David Ho
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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