Ward of Piety

Enchantment - Aura, 1W (2)
Enchant creature

{1}{W}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature this turn is dealt to target creature or player instead.¹
Reluctant to strike at the kami directly, some kitsune trained in more passive fighting techniques.
Illus. Tim Hildebrandt

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 2/1/2005: Redirected damage retains its information. For example, your opponent attacks you with Slith Firewalker (which reads, in part, "Whenever Slith Firewalker deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.") and you block with a creature enchanted with Ward of Piety. If you activate Ward of Piety, targeting your opponent, the Slith's ability triggers during the combat damage step and it gets a +1/+1 counter. It's still combat damage.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, MTGO Classic Banned in Standard
Printings (1/8)	Betrayers of Kamigawa (Uncommon)