Prismatic Ward

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

As Prismatic Ward enters the battlefield, choose a color.

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature by sources of the chosen color.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (3)

DragonFaceEater on Open the armory!

7 years ago

Painter's Servant could remove the need to pay the one mana to make something white, Paradise Plume gains you a life every time you use Eight-and-a-Half-Tails's shenanigans, Prismatic Ward can make one of your creatures basically indestructible, Story Circle can make you basically indestructible, and Voice of All always has protection.

TheMadRocketeer on Whack-A-Drac [Anti-Vampire]

7 years ago

On re-reading my comment just above, I realized I should have said Circle of Protection: White and Rune of Protection: White. The auras I have for casting on my own stuff aren't that critical either, in hindsight. There's Prismatic Ward, which becomes pretty much unneeded if Painter's Servant is operating, and Nimbus Wings, which could be be replaced by colorless equipment. So, I should reconsider Ruffigan's suggestions.

TheMadRocketeer on Whack-A-Drac [Anti-Vampire]

8 years ago

Playing this against my casual, kitchen table, mono-black vampires deck, this one usually wins. That's kind of expected, since this one is tailored specifically against vampires. The time or two that it's lost in that matchup were due to not having enough coverage in the air. I've also found myself wishing I had a way to remove a black (or red) enchantment.

I also messed up by using Nimbus Wings on my White Knight to make him a blocker for the opponent's Hypnotic Specter. The vampires drew Gruesome Deformity, played it on Hypnotic Specter and swung unblockably. I was holding 3 cards, and of course it was my Defang that got discarded. This version 1.0 doesn't have any way to remove enchantments, though white provides plenty of options. In this case, I'd have been better off putting the Defang on the Hypnotic Specter in the first place and making a flyer later. Live and learn. The anti-vampire deck did win that one anyway, but it was a squeaker.

So, I need to cover flyers a bit better and to speed things up a bit. My vampires usually get ahead and then lose once anti-vampires begin to solidify a board position. Faster vampires might just win faster and kill this deck before it can set up. One thing I've considered (and will likely do) is to put in some cheap white exile stuff like Journey to Nowhere, Unmake, or Erase. For now, I've added them to my Maybe Board. Journey to Nowhere is better than Unmake here, since I'm running mono-white, it's 1 CMC cheaper, and my opponent cam be expected to not have a good way to remove enchantments.

I've not really had occasion to use the pumpability of the Order of Leitbur or Order of the White Shield, and the first strike they and White Knight have is mostly useful only against non-black creatures and spells.

At 14 creatures, I'm reluctant to take any of those out. I don't want to go over 60 cards. Adding creature exile effects will help with flyers too, so I can get both upgrades for one set of inclusions. Also, creature removal will help with most auras too, so I need enchantment exile only for global enchantments, like Bad Moon. What to remove though? I could Sideboard a couple of the Prismatic Wards maybe. At some point, I'll decrease the Karmas, but not just yet. Blazing Torch is a one-of, but I like it for the flavor. Defang has grown on me in play testing. 24 lands looks like about 2 too many to me on paper, but I like the way it has worked in play.

So I have a quandary. I'd like to add some combination of Journey to Nowhere and Erase, but I'm having trouble seeing what to remove or move to the Side Board to make room. Suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.