Rhystic Shield
Instant
Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn. They get an additional +0/+2 until end of turn unless any player pays 
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #29115
Rhystic Shield gives your whole team +0/+1 until end of turn — and protection from the color of your choice if an opponent pays 2. At one mana, it's a combat trick and a political tax rolled into one, but the ceiling is low enough that it rarely earns a slot over harder protection.
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, Rhystic Shield is a curiosity — the rhystic tax occasionally squeezes value at crowded tables, but a one-shot +0/+1 pump rarely decides games at the four-player level. Legacy and Vintage have it on the legal list, but neither format has any interest in a sorcery-speed-adjacent defensive trick with no lasting board presence. Pauper is the most realistic home, where cheap combat tricks carry more weight and every tax on an opponent matters, though even there it competes with cleaner options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Rhystic Shield is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. It won't appreciate; there's no competitive demand pulling the price anywhere.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.