Dispersal Shield
Instant
Counter target spell if its mana value is less than or equal to the greatest mana value among permanents you control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #16762
Dispersal Shield counters any spell for two mana — provided your devotion to blue is high enough to meet the threshold, which is the entire condition on which it lives or dies. In dedicated mono-blue or heavy-blue shells it's a clean, cheap counterspell; in anything else, it's a coin-flip you don't want to bet on.
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 |
Dispersal Shield is a Commander card first and almost exclusively — the format's singleton structure rewards counterspells that cost two mana, and mono-blue commanders like Talrand, Sky Summoner or Emry, Lurker of the Loch routinely sustain the devotion needed to make it unconditional. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but invisible; Force of Will, Mana Drain, and Counterspell itself leave no room for a conditional two-drop. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where Dispersal Shield could theoretically see play in a mono-blue tempo list, though Counterspell is also legal there, which makes the argument short.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Dispersal Shield is deep bulk — a throwaway inclusion that costs less than a sleeve. That price is stable by definition; there's no demand pressure to move it, and it'll stay in the bulk bin indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.