---
name: "Kite Shield"
mana_cost: "{0}"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "M12"
set_name: "Magic 2012"
collector_number: "210"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jim Pavelec"
oracle_id: "24f9c64a-6ce6-41cd-948e-11554d7f17fb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kite-shield-m12"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kite Shield
- **Mana Cost:** `{0}` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +0/+3.
Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

> *« Je dois ma gloire à mon épée, mais je dois ma vie à mon bouclier. » —Sarlena, paladin de l'Orée Septentrionale*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kitesail](/printing/kitesail-wwk.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Vanguard's Shield](/printing/vanguards-shield-avr.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Shuko](/printing/shuko-bok.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Cathar's Shield](/printing/cathars-shield-emn.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Greatsword](/printing/greatsword-m12.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Honed Khopesh](/printing/honed-khopesh-akh.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2012 (M12) #210
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jim Pavelec
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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