17 cards where the text includes “target” and the text includes “creature” and the text includes “protection” and the card types include “instant”
Angelic Intervention {1}{W}
Instant
Target creature or planeswalker you control gains protection from colorless or from the color of your choice until end of turn. If it’s a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it. (It can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything with that quality.)
Elspeth shone like a sixth sun, inspiring hope in the Mirrans and terror in New Phyrexia.
Illustrated by Awanqi (Angela Wang)
- 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
- Not Legal
Apostle's Blessing {1}{W/P}
Instant
({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)
Target artifact or creature you control gains protection from artifacts or from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Illustrated by Brad Rigney
- 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
- Not Legal
Bathe in Light {1}{W}
Instant
Radiance — Choose a color. Target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.
“Truth shines even in darkness. Those who march on the side of truth walk always in righteous light.”
Illustrated by Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- 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
Blessed Breath {W}
Instant — Arcane
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Splice onto Arcane {W} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card’s effects to that spell.)
Illustrated by Tsutomu Kawade
- 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
Center Soul {1}{W}
Instant
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Watermark: Ojutai
Illustrated by Igor Kieryluk
- 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
Courageous Resolve {2}{W}
Instant
Up to one target creature you control gains protection from each of your opponents until end of turn. Draw a card. (It can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything controlled by those players.)
Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, you can’t lose life this turn, you can’t lose the game this turn, and your opponents can’t win the game this turn.
Illustrated by Matt Stewart
- 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
Crypsis {1}{U}
Instant
Target creature you control gains protection from creatures your opponents control until end of turn. Untap it.
Tritons borrow the camouflage of their oceanic prey to become predators on land.
Illustrated by Daarken
- 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
Emerge Unscathed {W}
Instant
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Illustrated by Steve Argyle
- 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
- Not Legal
Feat of Resistance {1}{W}
Instant
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (It can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that color.)
Illustrated by David Gaillet
- 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
Gods Willing {W}
Instant
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (It can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that color.)
Scry 1.
Honor the gods of Theros, and they will return the favor.
Illustrated by Mark Winters
- 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
- Not Legal
Prismatic Boon {X}{W}{U}
Instant
Choose a color. X target creatures gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.
“How ironic that the greatest forge of civilization is battle.”
—Mangara
Illustrated by Thomas Gianni
- 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
Redeem the Lost {1}{W}
Instant
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Redeem the Lost to its owner’s hand. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher mana value.)
Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer
- 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
- Legal
Sejiri Shelter {1}{W}
Instant
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
“It blocks the windswept salt and frigid air, but the loneliness of Sejiri remains.”
—Enwor, Sea Gate Expeditionary House
Sejiri Glacier
Land
Sejiri Glacier enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.
“This place offers nothing and takes everything.”
—Enwor, Sea Gate Expeditionary House
Illustrated by Darek Zabrocki
- 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
Shelter {1}{W}
Instant
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Draw a card.
From the storm of hellfire, the angel emerged, smiling.
Illustrated by Alayna Danner
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Stave Off {W}
Instant
Target creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Illustrated by Mark Zug
- 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
Tel-Jilad Defiance {1}{G}
Instant
Target creature gains protection from artifacts until end of turn.
Draw a card.
The Viridian elves had purged their culture of the trolls’ traitorous influence. In times of strife, however, the ancestral memories returned.
Watermark: Mirran
Illustrated by Goran Josic
- 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
Your Temple Is Under Attack {2}{W}
Instant
Choose one —
• Pray for Protection — Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
• Strike a Deal — You and target opponent each draw two cards.
“You trespass on sacred ground, monster. Leave while you still can.”
Illustrated by Joseph Weston
- 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
It is the moment of discovery, the triumph of the mind, and the end of these results.