---
name: "Defensive Maneuvers"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "23"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Luca Zontini"
oracle_id: "812701c3-c9b7-4877-bf2e-c37e0f551c45"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defensive-maneuvers-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Defensive Maneuvers
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Creatures of the creature type of your choice get +0/+4 until end of turn.

> *„Wir können nur auf dem Schlachtfeld gutmachen, was der Orden alles für uns getan hat."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Great Defender](/printing/great-defender-leg.md) — Instant
2. [Shield Wall](/printing/shield-wall-7ed.md) — Instant
3. [Bar the Door](/printing/bar-the-door-dka.md) — Instant
4. [Defend the Campus](/printing/defend-the-campus-j25.md) — Instant
5. [Solidarity](/printing/solidarity-8ed.md) — Instant
6. [Charge](/printing/charge-dom.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #23
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Luca Zontini
- **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: `not_legal`