Shields Up!
Instant
Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026
Mana cost: {1}{W}
How we read this card
Target artifact or creature you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. If it's a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
on-cast — grants a keyword
on-cast — puts a counter on it
Causes: put a counter on anything.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Shields Up! is one).
When Shields Up! is cast:
- Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
- Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
- Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
- Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
- Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
- Harness the Storm — brings a card back
- In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
- Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls
427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Shields Up! is one).
- All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Shields Up!, All Will Be One deals that much damage
7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Shields Up! is one).
When Shields Up! is cast:
- Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
- Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
- Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
- Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
- Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
- Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
- Master of Winds — triggers
5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.