---
name: "Guardian Angel"
mana_cost: "{X}{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "FBB"
set_name: "Foreign Black Border"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anson Maddocks"
oracle_id: "1a91ca69-e890-41dc-866b-3aabf10c9a9c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/guardian-angel-fbb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Guardian Angel
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. Until end of turn, you may pay {1} any time you could cast an instant. If you do, prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to that permanent or player this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shieldmate's Blessing](/printing/shieldmates-blessing-zen.md) — Instant
2. [The Protector](/printing/the-protector-thp1.md) — Hero
3. [Shielded Passage](/printing/shielded-passage-gtc.md) — Instant
4. [Shield of the Ages](/printing/shield-of-the-ages-ice.md) — Artifact
5. [Samite Sanctuary](/printing/samite-sanctuary-pcy.md) — Enchantment
6. [Soul Parry](/printing/soul-parry-ddo.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foreign Black Border (FBB) #21
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anson Maddocks
- **Total Printings:** 15 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`