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Defense Grid 
Artifact
Oracle Text
Each spell costs 
more to cast except during its controller's turn.
more to cast except during its controller's turn.Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintagePremodernDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Defense Grid, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage | 17 | 2.3 | 104 | 2.1 |
| Premodern | 11 | 2.4 | 60 | 2.5 |
| Legacy | 4 | 2.8 | 45 | 2.3 |
| Duel Commander | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Modern | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2.3 |
Details
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 13
Non-foilFoil
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Defense Grid
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Tangled Florahedron
- 1 Kazandu Mammoth
- 1 Narcomoeba
- 1 Skyclave Cleric
- 1 Blackbloom Rogue
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Poxwalkers
- 1 Undercity Informer
- 1 Grief
- 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Glasspool Mimic
- 1 Hydroelectric Specimen
- 1 Balustrade Spy
- 1 Disciple of Freyalise
- 1 Pinnacle Monk
- 1 Fatestitcher
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Umara Wizard
- 1 Phantasmagorian
- 1 Drowner of Truth
- 1 Akoum Warrior
- 1 Lotleth Giant
- 1 Tinder Wall
- 1 Wild Cantor
Sorceries (28)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Lively Dirge
- 1 Persist
- 1 Stump Stomp
- 1 Pelakka Predation
- 1 Dread Return
- 1 Bala Ged Recovery
- 1 Bridgeworks Battle
- 1 Recross the Paths
- 1 Sundering Eruption
- 1 Creeping Chill
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Channel the Suns
- 1 Bring to Light
- 1 Destroy the Evidence
- 1 Zof Consumption
- 1 Turntimber Symbiosis
- 1 Sea Gate Restoration
- 1 Emeria's Call
- 1 Bloodsoaked Insight
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Sylvan Tutor
- 1 Agadeem's Awakening
- 1 Shatterskull Smashing
Instants (21)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Summoner's Pact
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Manamorphose
- 1 Memory's Journey
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Rush of Inspiration
- 1 Razorgrass Ambush
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Hagra Mauling
- 1 Khalni Ambush
- 1 Valakut Awakening
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Malakir Rebirth
- 1 Revitalizing Repast
- 1 Vastwood Fortification
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Worldly Tutor
- 1 Spikefield Hazard
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (20)
- 1 Lotus Bloom
- 1 Mox Tantalite
- 1 Jeweled Amulet
- 1 Jack-o'-Lantern
- 1 Wishclaw Talisman
- 1 Arcane Signet
- 1 Coldsteel Heart
- 1 Defense Grid
- 1 Golgari Signet
- 1 Pentad Prism
- 1 Solar Transformer
- 1 Sphere of the Suns
- 1 Talisman of Curiosity
- 1 Talisman of Dominance
- 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
- 1 Talisman of Impulse
- 1 Talisman of Indulgence
- 1 Talisman of Resilience
- 1 Talisman of Unity
- 1 Goblin Charbelcher
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (25)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Behold the Beyond
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (18)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (34)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dwarven Ruins
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Tangled Florahedron
- 1 Narcomoeba
- 1 Blackbloom Rogue
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Poxwalkers
- 1 Undercity Informer
- 1 Grief
- 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
- 1 Imperial Recruiter
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Glasspool Mimic
- 1 Hydroelectric Specimen
- 1 Spellseeker
- 1 Balustrade Spy
- 1 Disciple of Freyalise
- 1 Pinnacle Monk
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Umara Wizard
- 1 Phantasmagorian
- 1 Drowner of Truth
- 1 Akoum Warrior
- 1 Lotleth Giant
- 1 Tinder Wall
- 1 Wild Cantor
Sorceries (27)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Lively Dirge
- 1 Persist
- 1 Stump Stomp
- 1 Pelakka Predation
- 1 Dread Return
- 1 Bala Ged Recovery
- 1 Bridgeworks Battle
- 1 Recross the Paths
- 1 Sundering Eruption
- 1 Creeping Chill
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Song-Mad Treachery
- 1 Destroy the Evidence
- 1 Zof Consumption
- 1 Turntimber Symbiosis
- 1 Sea Gate Restoration
- 1 Emeria's Call
- 1 Bloodsoaked Insight
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Duress
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Sylvan Tutor
- 1 Rite of Flame
- 1 Agadeem's Awakening
- 1 Shatterskull Smashing
Instants (26)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Summoner's Pact
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Manamorphose
- 1 Beyeen Veil
- 1 Jwari Disruption
- 1 Memory's Journey
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Rush of Inspiration
- 1 Razorgrass Ambush
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Hagra Mauling
- 1 Khalni Ambush
- 1 Kazuul's Fury
- 1 Valakut Awakening
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Silundi Vision
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Malakir Rebirth
- 1 Revitalizing Repast
- 1 Vastwood Fortification
- 1 Worldly Tutor
- 1 Spikefield Hazard
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (21)
- 1 Lotus Bloom
- 1 Mox Tantalite
- 1 Jeweled Amulet
- 1 Jack-o'-Lantern
- 1 Wishclaw Talisman
- 1 Arcane Signet
- 1 Coldsteel Heart
- 1 Defense Grid
- 1 Dimir Signet
- 1 Golgari Signet
- 1 Pentad Prism
- 1 Rakdos Signet
- 1 Solar Transformer
- 1 Sphere of the Suns
- 1 Talisman of Curiosity
- 1 Talisman of Dominance
- 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
- 1 Talisman of Impulse
- 1 Talisman of Indulgence
- 1 Talisman of Resilience
- 1 Goblin Charbelcher
Enchantments (1)
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (5)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (25)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Behold the Beyond
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (18)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (34)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dwarven Ruins
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (29)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (25)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Behold the Beyond
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (18)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (34)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dwarven Ruins
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (18)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (6)
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (15)
Artifacts (20)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (18)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (6)
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (18)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (6)
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (25)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Diabolic Intent
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
- 1 Behold the Beyond
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Sign in Blood
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (17)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (34)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dwarven Ruins
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Peat Bog
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sandstone Needle
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
