Apostle's Blessing

Instant

({WP} 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.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Block Constructed	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
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

multimedia on Budget Death's Shadow Help!

1 week ago

Hey, the Pain lands, Underground River, Shivan Reef and Sulfurous Springs were just reprinted making them budget land options. They ETB untapped and can be another source of making yourself lose life to make mana. They could replace basic lands or add a lot of them for the price of one Otawara, Soaring City.

Plunge into Darkness can be risky, but it's 2 mana to lose as much life as you want while also potentially finding a Shadow. Apostle's Blessing can protect for 1 mana + 2 life.

Dead_Blue_ on Izzet Aggro (Token Spam, Burn)

3 weeks ago

Protects youre threats, pumps them, and makes them unblockable

Imagine the opponent is playing Murktide. You have a flipped Delver and they have a Dragon's Rage Channeler with Delirium. It’s combat, they declare DRC as an attacker, you declare Delver as Blocker. They Unholy Heat targeting Delver, you use Apostle's Blessing on Delver in response. It survives the heat and kills DRC and lives to attack next turn.

KingKaz on Izzet Aggro (Token Spam, Burn)

3 weeks ago

Dead_Blue_ Great suggestions, Crash Through is better than Burst of Speed. Not quite sure I undsertand Apostle's Blessing's place though.

Dead_Blue_ on Izzet Aggro (Token Spam, Burn)

3 weeks ago

Apostle's Blessing for the side & Crash Through for the main

wakawakawaka on Interactive poison (home ver.)

1 month ago

some other stuff I noticed:

Fynn does not scale with pumping.

Mutagenic Growth is likely better than ruthless instincts.

I would focus more on pumping your creatures and protecting them from removal than just playing creatures on curve. a 2/4 for 4 is not very good in modern. a blighted agent + Scale Up with countermagic up is quite good. you're playing red only for temur charm, lightning bolt, lightning strike. i would look into going straight blue/green and replacing some of the red cards with Spell Pierce, Apostle's Blessing or Flusterstorm.

also - replacing natures claim with Gemrazer could be pretty spicy. the mutated creature keeps infect.

BruhYouFarted on Proper Pauper Prowess

5 months ago

Lightning Visionary and Apostle's Blessing would work great here. I understand that gimmicks are cool and such, but cmon. Kiln Fiend.

ThisIsMyAccount on Death Race

6 months ago

Dark Confidant and Apostle's Blessing are cards to consider for this strategy. Apostle's Blessing will give you a way to attack through creatures with a big Death's Shadow or Scourge and also give the creature protection on the turn you swing for lethal damage. Dark Confidant can give staying power against decks playing control, life gain, or discard effects that can disrupt your fast clock.

BruhYouFarted on Sandstorm: A New Tier 1 Possibility

6 months ago

Ok so this deck is really cool, and I don't feel like dogging on it too much, but i feel like there are a ton of wasted slots here. I get the need to push damage, but isn't Ragged Veins just an awful way to kill an opponent? I do understand the usage, to flash in on a creature about to get absolutely pummeled by a Souleater. But can't you just do the same with Apostle's Blessing, Rite of Consumption, or better yet Gods Willing? Idk, it just kinda gets on my nerves. Also, if Trespassing Souleater is intended to roleplay as a lifesink, then why not just use Blood Celebrant? It's quite cheap, and can filter mana if things get hairy. Also, the lack of card draw and playsets in a combo deck really doesn't sit right with me. Possibly try to make nessessary cuts to make the deck more consistent overall. Also, for the love of god, please cut Scoured Barrens for Silverquill Campus for the long-game.