---
name: "Protection Magic"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "FIC"
set_name: "Final Fantasy Commander"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mikio Masuda"
oracle_id: "1380f0cc-e875-46ec-a802-c6684bf3965c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/protection-magic-fic"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Protection Magic
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Put a shield counter on each of up to three target creatures. (If a creature with a shield counter would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

> *« Armure de lumière, protège-nous de nos ennemis ! »*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Contractual Safeguard](/printing/contractual-safeguard-pncc.md) — Instant
2. [Boon of Safety](/printing/boon-of-safety-snc.md) — Instant
3. [Shielded Passage](/printing/shielded-passage-gtc.md) — Instant
4. [Shields Up!](/printing/shields-up-trk.md) — Instant
5. [Brokers' Safeguard](/printing/brokers-safeguard-ysnc.md) — Instant
6. [Shieldmate's Blessing](/printing/shieldmates-blessing-zen.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #24
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mikio Masuda
- **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`