---
name: "Relic Ward"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "VIS"
set_name: "Visions"
collector_number: "16"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Coulthart"
oracle_id: "c6321de2-80b0-4679-93cf-97df75344e97"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/relic-ward-vis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
Enchant artifact
Enchanted artifact has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ward of Lights](/printing/ward-of-lights-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Mystic Veil](/printing/mystic-veil-vis.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Timely Ward](/printing/timely-ward-cmr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Dusk Rose Reliquary](/printing/dusk-rose-reliquary-lci.md) — Artifact
5. [Alexi's Cloak](/printing/alexis-cloak-pcy.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Shardmage's Rescue](/printing/shardmages-rescue-dsk.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Visions (VIS) #16
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Coulthart
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`