Temper

Instant

Set

Stronghold (sth)

Rarity

Uncommon

Mana Cost

Price · Cardmarket trend

€0.13

Artist

Matthew D. Wilson

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Oracle Text

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

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Legality

Rulings (2)

October 4, 2004 Wizards of the Coast
You can make X be larger than the amount of damage, but you only get one counter for each actual point of damage prevented.
October 4, 2004 Wizards of the Coast
The +1/+1 counters do show up at the same time as any unprevented damage, which means they are there before you check for lethal damage.