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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
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (31)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Feed the Swarm
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Strategic Betrayal
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Specter's Shriek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
Instants (11)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (41)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (31)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Feed the Swarm
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Strategic Betrayal
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Specter's Shriek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
Instants (11)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (41)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (23)
- 1 Grapeshot
- 1 Highway Robbery
- 1 Reckless Impulse
- 1 Wrenn's Resolve
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Light Up the Stage
- 1 Skewer the Critics
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
- 1 Wheel of Misfortune
- 1 Fiery Confluence
- 1 Boltwave
- 1 Chain Lightning
- 1 Channeled Dragonfire
- 1 Faithless Looting
- 1 Firebolt
- 1 Flame Jab
- 1 Forked Bolt
- 1 Gamble
- 1 Lava Spike
- 1 Pillar of Flame
- 1 Rite of Flame
- 1 Strike It Rich
- 1 Shatterskull Smashing
Instants (23)
- 1 Desperate Ritual
- 1 Pyretic Ritual
- 1 Ghostfire Slice
- 1 Seething Song
- 1 Valakut Awakening
- 1 Bolt Bend
- 1 Mine Collapse
- 1 Fireblast
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Burst Lightning
- 1 Crimson Wisps
- 1 Expedite
- 1 Galvanic Blast
- 1 Lava Dart
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Needle Drop
- 1 Play with Fire
- 1 Pyroblast
- 1 Shock
- 1 Spikefield Hazard
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Wild Slash
- 1 Gut Shot
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (26)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (30)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Feed the Swarm
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Blackmail
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (13)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (24)
- 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 Gamble
- 1 Infernal Plunge
- 1 Rite of Flame
Instants (18)
Artifacts (9)
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
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
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 (9)
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: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (28)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Blackmail
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (13)
Artifacts (13)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (28)
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Feed the Swarm
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Specter's Shriek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
Instants (11)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (41)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (27)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Blackmail
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (13)
Artifacts (14)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (29)
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Feed the Swarm
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Specter's Shriek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
Instants (11)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (41)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (16)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (23)
Lands (8)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
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 (9)
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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (29)
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Agonizing Remorse
- 1 Check for Traps
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Feed the Swarm
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Mutilate
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bubbling Muck
- 1 Duress
- 1 Innocent Blood
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Specter's Shriek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
