---
name: "Saved by the Shell"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "TMT"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
collector_number: "132"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Leonardo Santanna"
oracle_id: "7ef5c812-ad7d-4d6c-8ee5-68561e7e4bd7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/saved-by-the-shell-tmt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Saved by the Shell
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Turtle.
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains trample, hexproof, and indestructible until end of turn.

> *« J'ADORE être une tortue ! »
-Michelangelo*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ambling Stormshell](/printing/ambling-stormshell-ptdm.md) — Creature — Turtle
2. [Turtle Power!](/printing/turtle-power-tmt.md) — Enchantment
3. [Turtle-Duck](/printing/turtle-duck-tla.md) — Creature — Turtle Bird
4. [Prehistoric Turtlesaurus](/printing/prehistoric-turtlesaurus-tmc.md) — Creature — Mutant Ninja Turtle Dinosaur
5. [Bedrock Tortoise](/printing/bedrock-tortoise-plci.md) — Creature — Turtle
6. [Gaea's Gift](/printing/gaeas-gift-bro.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT) #132
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Leonardo Santanna
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`