1 – 20 of 348 cards where the text includes “defender”
Academy Wall {2}{U}
Creature — Wall
Defender
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Once the Society of Mishra took control, the Tolarian Academy at Lat-Nam became a haven for dark research.
Illustrated by Adam Paquette
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Aetherflame Wall {1}{R}
Creature — Wall
Defender
Aetherflame Wall can block creatures with shadow as though they didn’t have shadow.
{R}: Aetherflame Wall gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Illustrated by Justin Sweet
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Aether Membrane {1}{R}{R}
Creature — Wall
Defender; reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Whenever Aether Membrane blocks a creature, return that creature to its owner’s hand at end of combat.
Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Ageless Sentinels {3}{W}
Creature — Wall
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
Flying
When Ageless Sentinels blocks, it becomes a Bird Giant, and it loses defender. (It’s no longer a Wall. This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Illustrated by Tony Szczudlo
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Akroan Horse {4}
Artifact Creature — Horse
Defender
When Akroan Horse enters the battlefield, an opponent gains control of it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent creates a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
Illustrated by Seb McKinnon
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
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| Soldier Token, TC16 #5 |
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Alabaster Wall {2}{W}
Creature — Wall
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
{T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Its mortar is mixed with waters straight from the Fountain of Cho.
Illustrated by Randy Gallegos
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Amaranthine Wall {4}
Artifact Creature — Wall
Defender
{2}: Amaranthine Wall gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say “destroy” don’t destroy it.)
Neither its appearance nor its temperature varies as the years pass, an eternal testament to the forces that shaped Dominaria.
Illustrated by Jason Felix
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Angelic Wall {1}{W}
Creature — Wall
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
Flying
“The air stirred as if fanned by angels’ wings, and the enemy was turned aside.”
—Tales of Ikarov the Voyager
Illustrated by Allen Williams
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Animate Wall {W}
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant Wall
Enchanted Wall can attack as though it didn’t have defender.
Illustrated by Dan Frazier
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Arcades, the Strategist {1}{G}{W}{U}
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Flying, vigilance
Whenever a creature with defender enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card.
Each creature you control with defender assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power and can attack as though it didn’t have defender.
Illustrated by Even Amundsen
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Archers of Qarsi {3}{G}
Creature — Naga Archer
Defender
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
“We think of the naga as creeping cutthroats, slitherers in the swamps. But they are equally at home in the trees.”
—Goton, Qal Sisma shaman
Watermark: Sultai
Illustrated by Alejandro Mirabal
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Archers' Parapet {1}{G}
Creature — Wall
Defender
{1}{B}, {T}: Each opponent loses 1 life.
Every shaft is graven with a name from a kin tree, calling upon the spirits of the ancestors to make it fly true.
Watermark: Abzan
Illustrated by Wayne Reynolds
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Assault Formation {1}{G}
Enchantment
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
{G}: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn’t have defender.
{2}{G}: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.
Illustrated by Kieran Yanner
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Atla Palani, Nest Tender {1}{R}{G}{W}
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
{2}, {T}: Create a 0/1 green Egg creature token with defender.
Whenever an Egg you control dies, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Illustrated by Ekaterina Burmak
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
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| Egg Token, TDMC #8 |
| Atla Palani, Nest Tender, DMC #142 |
Aurification {2}{W}{W}
Enchantment
Whenever a creature deals damage to you, put a gold counter on it.
Each creature with a gold counter on it is a Wall in addition to its other creature types and has defender. (Those creatures can’t attack.)
When Aurification leaves the battlefield, remove all gold counters from all creatures.
Illustrated by Gary Ruddell
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Axebane Guardian {2}{G}
Creature — Human Druid
Defender
{T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of creatures with defender you control.
Only a worthy few are permitted within the sentient forest known as Axebane.
Illustrated by Slawomir Maniak
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Backstreet Bruiser {1}{U}
Creature — Cephalid Rogue
Defender
As long as there are two or more counters among creatures you control, Backstreet Bruiser can attack as though it didn’t have defender.
“I could show you what’s in the case, but it’d be the last thing you ever see.”
Illustrated by Aaron Miller
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Bamboo Grove Archer {1}{G}
Enchantment Creature — Snake Archer
Defender, reach
Channel — {4}{G}, Discard Bamboo Grove Archer: Destroy target creature with flying.
“Do not mistake tranquility for domestication. This land is wild, and will always remain so.”
Illustrated by Steve Prescott
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Barrier of Bones {B}
Creature — Skeleton Wall
Defender
When Barrier of Bones enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
The Dimir rarely make statements, but when they do, the message is clear.
Watermark: Dimir
Illustrated by Vincent Proce
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Basalt Golem {5}
Artifact Creature — Golem
Basalt Golem can’t be blocked by artifact creatures.
Whenever Basalt Golem becomes blocked by a creature, that creature’s controller sacrifices it at end of combat. If the player does, they create a 0/2 colorless Wall artifact creature token with defender.
Illustrated by Scott Kirschner
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal