Circle of Protection: Black
Enchantment
: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #20215
Circle of Protection: Black blanks all damage from black sources for a mana per hit — complete immunity, not just reduction. Two mana to cast and one to activate is a real ongoing tax, and in a world of black commanders swinging for 21 commander damage, that immunity ceiling matters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Circle of Protection: Black is a Legacy and Vintage relic that never found a competitive home because two-mana enchantments requiring activation rarely outpace just killing the threat. In Pauper it sees occasional sideboard play against black aggro, where the damage-prevention loop can buy enough time to stabilize. Commander is where it makes the most contextual sense — if a black voltron commander like Tymna the Weaver or Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon is ending games at your table, Circle of Protection: Black turns off that entire axis for the cost of a basic land's worth of mana each combat.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Circle of Protection: Black is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a common box, not a singles list. Demand is too narrow and supply too abundant for the price to move in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.