---
name: "Contractual Safeguard"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Addendum"]
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "14"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Gaboleps"
oracle_id: "8ac43884-9f03-4945-98ea-c744d0403f32"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/contractual-safeguard-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Contractual Safeguard
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Addendum

## Oracle Text
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a shield counter on a creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Choose a kind of counter on a creature you control. Put a counter of that kind on each other creature you control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Protection Magic](/printing/protection-magic-fic.md) — Instant
2. [Brokers' Safeguard](/printing/brokers-safeguard-ysnc.md) — Instant
3. [Boon of Safety](/printing/boon-of-safety-snc.md) — Instant
4. [Shields Up!](/printing/shields-up-trk.md) — Instant
5. [Shield Broker](/printing/shield-broker-blc.md) — Creature — Octopus Advisor
6. [Spara's Bodyguard](/printing/sparas-bodyguard-ysnc.md) — Creature — Rhino Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #14
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Gaboleps
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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