---
name: "Protective Sphere"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "26"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Rebecca Guay"
oracle_id: "2037c4bf-bf0d-46ab-8b4b-61d9a50c431e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/protective-sphere-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Protective Sphere
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{1}, Pay 1 life: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by a source of your choice that shares a color with the mana spent on this activation cost. (Colorless mana prevents no damage.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Righteous Aura](/printing/righteous-aura-mmq.md) — Enchantment
2. [Sphere of Reason](/printing/sphere-of-reason-ody.md) — Enchantment
3. [Story Circle](/printing/story-circle-8ed.md) — Enchantment
4. [Circle of Protection: White](/printing/circle-of-protection-white-8ed.md) — Enchantment
5. [Greater Realm of Preservation](/printing/greater-realm-of-preservation-me1.md) — Enchantment
6. [Sphere of Duty](/printing/sphere-of-duty-ody.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #26
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Rebecca Guay
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`