---
name: "Defend the Campus"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "J25"
set_name: "Foundations Jumpstart"
collector_number: "186"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Izzy"
oracle_id: "274c2781-f40a-49b4-a039-669739beaab6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defend-the-campus-j25"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Defend the Campus
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.

> *Professoren strömten aus, die Magierjäger zurückzudrängen, und ließen das Herz von Strixhaven unbewacht.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Defensive Maneuvers](/printing/defensive-maneuvers-ons.md) — Instant
2. [Fortify](/printing/fortify-m14.md) — Instant
3. [Moment of Valor](/printing/moment-of-valor-woe.md) — Instant
4. [Command Decision](/printing/command-decision-trk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Spectacular Tactics](/printing/spectacular-tactics-msc.md) — Instant
6. [Destroy Evil](/printing/destroy-evil-dmu.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #186
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Izzy
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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