---
name: "Fend Off"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "UDS"
set_name: "Urza's Destiny"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Paolo Parente"
oracle_id: "fa8f3827-8cd9-4896-ab0c-26fecacceb40"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fend-off-uds"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Fend Off
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Angelsong](/printing/angelsong-ala.md) — Instant
2. [Azorius Ploy](/printing/azorius-ploy-dis.md) — Instant
3. [Warning](/printing/warning-me2.md) — Instant
4. [Safeguard](/printing/safeguard-tmp.md) — Enchantment
5. [Haze of Pollen](/printing/haze-of-pollen-akr.md) — Instant
6. [Lull](/printing/lull-dmr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Destiny (UDS) #7
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Paolo Parente
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`