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.
Mana cost
X
1
W
Mana value
2
Printings
From
$0.16
EDHREC rank
#29458
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Formats
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Rulings
4 Oct 2004
You can make X be larger than the amount of damage, but you only get one counter for each actual point of damage prevented.
4 Oct 2004
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.