---
name: "Shieldmate's Blessing"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "35"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mike Bierek"
oracle_id: "4ed55e9c-84ea-42a3-a32f-469da56b3eb5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shieldmates-blessing-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Shieldmate's Blessing
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

> *„Selbst Landbewohner werden in großer Not nach Emerias Gnade rufen." —Emerias Glaubensbekenntnis*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Healing Grace](/printing/healing-grace-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Shielded Passage](/printing/shielded-passage-gtc.md) — Instant
3. [Withstand](/printing/withstand-gpt.md) — Instant
4. [Sacred Boon](/printing/sacred-boon-5ed.md) — Instant
5. [Mending Hands](/printing/mending-hands-9ed.md) — Instant
6. [Shield of the Ages](/printing/shield-of-the-ages-ice.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #35
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mike Bierek
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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