---
name: "Flickering Ward"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "19"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Greg Simanson"
oracle_id: "3e2ae59a-40a1-46ca-8f24-3231ebd4e4eb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flickering-ward-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Flickering Ward
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove this Aura.
{W}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cho-Manno's Blessing](/printing/cho-mannos-blessing-mmq.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Ward of Lights](/printing/ward-of-lights-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Pentarch Ward](/printing/pentarch-ward-tsp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Benevolent Blessing](/printing/benevolent-blessing-cmr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Floating Shield](/printing/floating-shield-tor.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Prismatic Ward](/printing/prismatic-ward-5ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #19
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Greg Simanson
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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