Rune of Protection: Red
Urza's Saga (USG) #40 · Common · Enchantment
Mana cost: {1}{W}
{W}: The next time a red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer · Released October 12, 1998
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.24 USD · €0.27 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.05 USD (26.3%) to $0.24 USD; low $0.19 USD, high $0.24 USD.
Printings
- Urza's Saga #40 (this printing) · Common · 1998 · $0.24 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — Can be used even when there is no damage to prevent. It prevents the next damage (if any) from the source this turn.
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — A source of damage is a permanent, a spell on the stack (including one that creates a permanent), or any object referred to by an object on the stack. A source doesn't need to be capable of dealing damage to be a legal choice.