---
name: "Samite Blessing"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "STH"
set_name: "Stronghold"
collector_number: "13"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Rebecca Guay"
oracle_id: "a524ae69-2594-467d-af0a-27b9984d4300"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/samite-blessing-sth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "{T}: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, prevent that damage."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Samite Sanctuary](/printing/samite-sanctuary-pcy.md) — Enchantment
2. [Samite Healer](/printing/samite-healer-9ed.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Shieldmate's Blessing](/printing/shieldmates-blessing-zen.md) — Instant
4. [Samite Alchemist](/printing/samite-alchemist-hml.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Awe Strike](/printing/awe-strike-mrd.md) — Instant
6. [Defang](/printing/defang-avr.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Stronghold (STH) #13
- **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: `legal`