White Ward
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has protection from white. This effect doesn't remove this Aura.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #25651
White Ward slaps protection from white onto a creature permanently for a single white mana, which is a real effect — but protection from white means your own white removal, buffs, and auras can no longer target it either. In most white-heavy Commander metas the self-lockout is a genuine cost, and dedicated protection pieces like Swiftfoot Boots or Hammer of Nazahn do the job without that blowback.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, White Ward occupies a narrow niche: it blanks white board wipes like Doomskar and blocks white voltron decks from touching a key creature, but the moment your own Swords to Plowshares or Akroma's Will matters, you'll regret it. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but neither format wants a slow enchantment-based protection piece when Diplomatic Immunity and Flickerform exist. White Ward is legal in Oathbreaker as well, where the smaller table size slightly increases the odds you're actually facing a white-heavy threat, but the same self-targeting problem applies. Across every legal format, its use case is too conditional to earn a reliable slot.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, White Ward is deep bulk — expect to find it in a dollar bin without looking hard. The price accurately reflects demand: it sees almost no competitive or casual play, and nothing about its function is likely to change that.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.