---
name: "Daunting Defender"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "618f29e1-0ea0-4457-91a6-7210f7619c9a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/daunting-defender-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Daunting Defender
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
If a source would deal damage to a Cleric creature you control, prevent 1 of that damage.

> *"Brandirò le pietre della mia patria come se fossero i pugni dell'Antenata".*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Revered Elder](/printing/revered-elder-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Sanctum Custodian](/printing/sanctum-custodian-usg.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Clergy en-Vec](/printing/clergy-en-vec-tmp.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Sanctum Guardian](/printing/sanctum-guardian-9ed.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Master Healer](/printing/master-healer-7ed.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Master Apothecary](/printing/master-apothecary-ody.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #21
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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