---
name: "Blossoming Defense"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "ECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed"
collector_number: "167"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Eelis Kyttanen"
oracle_id: "5a851367-1c4a-4cc9-a9c3-3d2775986b4c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blossoming-defense-ecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Blossoming Defense
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

> *Para sobrevivir a las tierras salvajes de Páramo Sombrío, los refugiantes deben llevar en su corazón una semilla de belleza inexpugnable.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Beaming Defiance](/printing/beaming-defiance-stx.md) — Instant
2. [Woodcutter's Grit](/printing/woodcutters-grit-emn.md) — Instant
3. [Ranger's Guile](/printing/rangers-guile-m15.md) — Instant
4. [Glint](/printing/glint-anb.md) — Instant
5. [Bombadil's Song](/printing/bombadils-song-ltr.md) — Instant
6. [Shore Up](/printing/shore-up-blb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #167
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Eelis Kyttanen
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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