---
name: "Mourner's Shield"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Imprint"]
set: "MRD"
set_name: "Mirrodin"
collector_number: "209"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "34cadd9d-b8e6-422c-b0ec-a2420cd983ad"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mourners-shield-mrd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mourner's Shield
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Imprint

## Oracle Text
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile target card from a graveyard.
{2}, {T}: Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by a source of your choice that shares a color with the exiled card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mirror Golem](/printing/mirror-golem-mrd.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
2. [Bone Mask](/printing/bone-mask-mir.md) — Artifact
3. [Shield of the Ages](/printing/shield-of-the-ages-ice.md) — Artifact
4. [Kry Shield](/printing/kry-shield-leg.md) — Artifact
5. [Martyrs' Tomb](/printing/martyrs-tomb-apc.md) — Enchantment
6. [Crumbling Sanctuary](/printing/crumbling-sanctuary-wc00.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin (MRD) #209
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`