Rune of Protection: White
Enchantment
: The next time a white source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #20523
Rune of Protection: White lets you pay W to prevent all damage from a white source for the turn — repeatedly, any time you have the mana — and cycles away when it's dead in the water. The effect is too narrow for most Commander tables, where white threats are common enough to matter but not dominant enough to justify a card slot.
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, Rune of Protection: White occupies a niche role in enchantress shells and life-gain decks that want cheap enchatments for synergy more than the protection effect itself — the cycling makes it non-dead against non-white tables. In Pauper, it sees occasional sideboard use where white weenie and Heroic decks demand precise damage prevention. Legacy and Vintage are too fast and too threat-diverse for Rune of Protection: White to register. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's verdict: run it if you need the enchantment subtype or the cycling, not for the protection clause alone.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Rune of Protection: White is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for what is genuinely a fringe card. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to move without a surprise reprint-driven spike in an enchantress archetype.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.