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Defend the Celestus
UncommonColour IDMV 4
Instant
Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures you control.
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2022-01-28Newest 2024-11-15Cheapest priced $0.16 in DBL
Rulings (2)
wotc24 Sept 2021
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.
wotc24 Sept 2021
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.
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