---
name: "Prismatic Ward"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "5ED"
set_name: "Fifth Edition"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zina Saunders"
oracle_id: "ad5e2cb0-00d7-4dad-b20e-23bd41ada398"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/prismatic-ward-5ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Prismatic Ward
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature by sources of the chosen color.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flickering Ward](/printing/flickering-ward-soc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Pentarch Ward](/printing/pentarch-ward-tsp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Chromatic Armor](/printing/chromatic-armor-ice.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Cho-Manno's Blessing](/printing/cho-mannos-blessing-mmq.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Prismatic Circle](/printing/prismatic-circle-mir.md) — Enchantment
6. [Spectra Ward](/printing/spectra-ward-m15.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Edition (5ED) #53
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zina Saunders
- **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`