Defend the Celestus
Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #182 · Uncommon · Instant
Mana cost: {2}{G}{G}
Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures you control.
Witch, werewolf, and cathar stood shoulder to shoulder around the Sungold Lock at the center of the ritual, ready to stop Tovolar's assault—or die trying.
Illustrated by Andrey Kuzinskiy · Released January 28, 2022
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.17 USD · €0.16 EUR
- Foil: $0.22 USD · €0.23 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.01 USD (5.6%) to $0.17 USD; low $0.15 USD, high $0.18 USD.
Printings
- Foundations Jumpstart #649 (J25) · Uncommon · 2024 · $0.30 USD
- Innistrad: Double Feature #182 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2022 · $0.17 USD
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt #182 (MID) · Uncommon · 2021 · $0.22 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2021-09-24 · wotc — You decide how to distribute the counters as you cast Defend the Celestus. You must distribute at least one counter to each creature you target.
- 2021-09-24 · wotc — If some, but not all, of the target creatures are illegal targets as Defend the Celestus resolves, the original distribution of counters remains the same. Counters that were to be put on the now-illegal targets are lost.