---
name: "Sheltering Prayers"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "PCY"
set_name: "Prophecy"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nelson DeCastro"
oracle_id: "44075eea-ab9d-4252-b77c-597d19a10fc4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sheltering-prayers-pcy"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sheltering Prayers
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Basic lands each player controls have shroud as long as that player controls three or fewer lands. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Skyshroud Blessing](/printing/skyshroud-blessing-pls.md) — Instant
2. [Spiritual Asylum](/printing/spiritual-asylum-nem.md) — Enchantment
3. [Sylvan Safekeeper](/printing/sylvan-safekeeper-cma.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Greater Auramancy](/printing/greater-auramancy-shm.md) — Enchantment
5. [Ivory Mask](/printing/ivory-mask-9ed.md) — Enchantment
6. [Tortoise Formation](/printing/tortoise-formation-ala.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Prophecy (PCY) #22
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nelson DeCastro
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`