---
name: "Perch Protection"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}{W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Gift"]
set: "BLC"
set_name: "Bloomburrow Commander"
collector_number: "11"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo"
oracle_id: "295fe873-ecb5-4d5e-a73c-3af6c478afc5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/perch-protection-blc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Perch Protection
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}{W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Gift

## Oracle Text
Gift an extra turn (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they take an extra turn after this one.)
Create four 2/2 blue Bird creature tokens with flying. If the gift was promised, all permanents you control phase out, and until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything.
Exile Perch Protection.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dawn's Truce](/printing/dawns-truce-blb.md) — Instant
2. [Parting Gust](/printing/parting-gust-blb.md) — Instant
3. [Eon Frolicker](/printing/eon-frolicker-c20.md) — Creature — Elemental Otter
4. [Teferi's Protection](/printing/teferis-protection-2x2.md) — Instant
5. [Bilbo's Gambit](/printing/bilbos-gambit-hob.md) — Instant
6. [Crumb and Get It](/printing/crumb-and-get-it-blb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #11
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`