Defender of Law
Creature — Human Knight
Flash
Protection from red
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #28446
Defender of Law gives your entire team protection from multicolored the turn it enters — a combat blowout waiting to happen against most Commander tables. The three-mana body is forgettable, but the effect is the reason you play it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Defender of Law earns its slot in white weenie and go-wide strategies where protecting an alpha strike from multicolored blockers or sweepers like Damnation can swing a game outright. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested — three mana for a temporary protection effect doesn't compete at those speeds. Pauper is the other format worth noting, where common-legal combat tricks at common prices can matter, though white aggro there has more efficient options. Defender of Law is fundamentally a Commander card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Defender of Law is deep bulk — you're not paying for this card, you're paying for shipping. That price is stable; there's no demand pressure to push it up, and its narrow protection effect keeps it from being a staple pickup.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.