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Shields of Velis Vel

Kindred Instant — Shapeshifter

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Creatures target player controls get +0/+1 and gain all creature types until end of turn.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Lorwyn
Price
$1.17
EDHREC rank
#9860
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Shields of Velis Vel card art
Shields of Velis Vel turns every creature you control into a Changeling until end of turn — one mana, instant speed, affects the whole board. In dedicated tribal shells like Voja, Jaws of the Conclave, that means every creature triggers lord effects and counts for pumps simultaneously; in Haakon, Stromgald Scourge builds, it's the engine that lets you cast creatures as Knights from the graveyard. It's a one-mana spell that does real work.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave

Voja, Jaws of the Conclave

15.0% of decks · synergy 0.13

Voja, Jaws of the Conclave rewards you for controlling Elves and Wolves, and Shields of Velis Vel makes every creature on your board both at once — every attacker triggers Voja's draw and pump simultaneously, turning a mediocre board into a lethal one.

02
Atla Palani, Nest Tender

Atla Palani, Nest Tender

13.6% of decks · synergy 0.12

Atla Palani, Nest Tender creates Egg tokens, and Shields of Velis Vel makes those Eggs every creature type — most relevantly, they become Eggs that are also whatever type your other creatures are, but the real line is that any token Atla produces can be made into a creature type that feeds tribal synergies you're already running.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Shields of Velis Vel is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it earns its slot — tribal synergies are everywhere in the format and a one-mana instant that retroactively qualifies your whole board is hard to replace. In Pauper it sees occasional play in Changeling-adjacent builds where the common slot matters. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but the effect is too narrow for those formats' threat density.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Vhal, Candlekeep ResearcherScuttling SliverShields of Velis Vel

Vhal, Candlekeep ResearcherScuttling SliverShields of Velis Vel

Infinite colorless mana that can't be spent to cast spells from your hand; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$1.17 cheap tier

At $1.17, Shields of Velis Vel sits in the cheap tier — a low buy-in for a card that pulls real weight in the right shell. It's a narrow enough effect that demand stays modest, so the price is stable rather than climbing.

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