---
name: "Vanguard's Shield"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "AVR"
set_name: "Avacyn Restored"
collector_number: "223"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ryan Pancoast"
oracle_id: "bc628018-f5d0-4bd2-91e7-ee4e4a5af9aa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vanguards-shield-avr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Vanguard's Shield
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +0/+3 and can block an additional creature each combat.
Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

> *Les guerres ne se livrent pas sur un seul front.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Accorder's Shield](/printing/accorders-shield-ea3.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Kite Shield](/printing/kite-shield-m12.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Shield of the Righteous](/printing/shield-of-the-righteous-arb.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Cathar's Shield](/printing/cathars-shield-emn.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Vulshok Battlegear](/printing/vulshok-battlegear-mrd.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Copper Carapace](/printing/copper-carapace-mm2.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avacyn Restored (AVR) #223
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ryan Pancoast
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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