---
name: "Improvised Armor"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant", "Cycling"]
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "40"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alan Pollack"
oracle_id: "aca7c0a7-b365-421e-aeb0-49d3a9873e4f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/improvised-armor-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Improvised Armor
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant, Cycling

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+5.
Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Web](/printing/web-3ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Unholy Strength](/printing/unholy-strength-7ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Wings of Aesthir](/printing/wings-of-aesthir-me2.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Psychic Venom](/printing/psychic-venom-5ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Phyresis](/printing/phyresis-mbs.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Blighted Burgeoning](/printing/blighted-burgeoning-mom.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #40
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alan Pollack
- **Total Printings:** 17 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: `legal`