---
name: "Wall of Shields"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Wall"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Banding", "Defender"]
set: "ICE"
set_name: "Ice Age"
collector_number: "347"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Randy Gallegos"
oracle_id: "530514d9-7274-4835-a4b5-6dccef4da758"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wall-of-shields-ice"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Wall of Shields
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Wall
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/4
- **Keywords:** Banding, Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Banding (If any creatures with banding you control are blocking a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by.)

> *"It's the pokey bits that hurt the most."
—Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wall of Caltrops](/printing/wall-of-caltrops-leg.md) — Creature — Wall
2. [Wall of Shadows](/printing/wall-of-shadows-chr.md) — Creature — Wall
3. [Shield Sphere](/printing/shield-sphere-all.md) — Artifact Creature — Wall
4. [Wall of Glare](/printing/wall-of-glare-plst.md) — Creature — Wall
5. [Shield Bearer](/printing/shield-bearer-ice.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Steel Wall](/printing/steel-wall-mrd.md) — Artifact Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ice Age (ICE) #347
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Randy Gallegos
- **Total Printings:** 6 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`