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Floating Shield

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove this Aura.
Sacrifice this Aura: Target creature gains protection from the chosen color until end of turn.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Torment
Price
$0.14
EDHREC rank
#23740
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Floating Shield card art
Floating Shield protects a creature from a chosen color and, crucially, lets you move that protection to another creature whenever it enters or leaves the battlefield — that mobility is what separates it from a static aura. The combo ceiling with Last Laugh turns that constant movement into a repeatable damage engine, which is the only reason Floating Shield earns a slot in competitive lists.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Floating Shield finds its real home, specifically in aristocrats and damage-ping strategies that exploit the shield's movement triggers. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper, but those formats move too fast for a three-mana aura with no immediate board impact to matter. Pauper is the one fringe exception — if a combo line using Floating Shield ever crystallizes at common rarity, the price and legality are both right. Everywhere else, it stays in the bulk box.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.14 bulk tier

At $0.14, Floating Shield is deep bulk — pick it up without hesitation if a build calls for it. Combo-specific bulk rarely spikes unless the engine breaks into a mainstream format, so don't expect movement here.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.