Tel-Jilad Defiance
Instant
Target creature gains protection from artifacts until end of turn.
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #21846
Tel-Jilad Defiance gives a green creature hexproof until end of turn and replaces itself with a card draw — all for one green mana. That combination of protection and cantrip at instant speed makes it one of the most efficient reactive tools green has access to.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Tel-Jilad Defiance earns a slot in any green deck that wants to protect its key creatures from targeted removal or counter-spell out of blue — the cantrip means it costs you nothing in card advantage. In Pauper, it sees occasional play in green tempo and Stompy shells for the same reason: a one-mana cantripping protection spell is genuinely hard to cut. Legacy and Vintage have access to more efficient tools and creature protection rarely matters enough to spend a card slot, even one that replaces itself. Tel-Jilad Defiance is at its best when you have a single high-value creature that wins the game if it survives a turn cycle.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Tel-Jilad Defiance is deep bulk — a card this functional should cost more and simply doesn't due to low demand. It holds no financial value, but it holds real deck value, and picking up a playset costs less than a dollar.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.