---
name: "Confront the Assault"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ANB"
set_name: "Arena Beginner Set"
collector_number: "6"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "J.P. Targete"
oracle_id: "beb3f812-da58-4f03-915b-dc473cd01554"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/confront-the-assault-anb"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Confront the Assault
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Cast this spell only if a creature is attacking you.
Create three 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Forbidding Spirit](/printing/forbidding-spirit-gn3.md) — Creature — Spirit Cleric
2. [Windborn Muse](/printing/windborn-muse-c21.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Repel Intruders](/printing/repel-intruders-shm.md) — Instant
4. [Midnight Haunting](/printing/midnight-haunting-c14.md) — Instant
5. [Spectral Reserves](/printing/spectral-reserves-emn.md) — Sorcery
6. [You're Confronted by Robbers](/printing/youre-confronted-by-robbers-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Arena Beginner Set (ANB) #6
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** J.P. Targete
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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