---
name: "Bold Defense"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott Chou"
oracle_id: "d21994f2-75e1-456c-a25a-729c3269df1a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bold-defense-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bold Defense
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {3}{W} (You may pay an additional {3}{W} as you cast this spell.)
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, instead creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain first strike until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dauntless Unity](/printing/dauntless-unity-j25.md) — Instant
2. [Strength of the Coalition](/printing/strength-of-the-coalition-dmu.md) — Instant
3. [Benalish Lancer](/printing/benalish-lancer-inv.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Heroic Charge](/printing/heroic-charge-dmu.md) — Instant
5. [Interjection](/printing/interjection-sos.md) — Instant
6. [Wild Onslaught](/printing/wild-onslaught-dom.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #3
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott Chou
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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