---
name: "Defensive Stance"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "34"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "19959b6d-eb8f-4273-94c8-65210e1998ab"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defensive-stance-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Defensive Stance
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -1/+1.

> *「これは戦うためじゃない。 戦いが悪いほうに行ったときのためさ。」 ――ミラディン人の抵抗勢力、カーラ・ヴリスト*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Guard Duty](/printing/guard-duty-ima.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Armor of Faith](/printing/armor-of-faith-5ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Spirit Mantle](/printing/spirit-mantle-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Viscerid Armor](/printing/viscerid-armor-me2.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Eland Umbra](/printing/eland-umbra-roe.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Weakness](/printing/weakness-leb.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #34
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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