---
name: "Shimmering Barrier"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Wall"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["First strike", "Defender", "Cycling"]
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "D. Alexander Gregory"
oracle_id: "94674840-c73c-4659-80b9-11140d1deaa3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shimmering-barrier-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shimmering Barrier
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Wall
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** First strike, Defender, Cycling

## Oracle Text
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
First strike
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blistering Barrier](/printing/blistering-barrier-mir.md) — Creature — Wall
2. [Wall of Spears](/printing/wall-of-spears-7ed.md) — Artifact Creature — Wall
3. [Stinging Barrier](/printing/stinging-barrier-plst.md) — Creature — Wall
4. [Moaning Wall](/printing/moaning-wall-hou.md) — Creature — Zombie Wall
5. [Wall of Glare](/printing/wall-of-glare-plst.md) — Creature — Wall
6. [Dazzling Ramparts](/printing/dazzling-ramparts-ktk.md) — Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #50
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** D. Alexander Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`