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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
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Defense Grid
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.14
0.03 tix - 3 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.72 tix - 2 Magus of the Moon
$3.88
1.17 tix
- 2 Omniscience
$5.89
0.02 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Stifle
$7.00
16.70 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (27)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.03
0.10 tix - 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Malevolent Hermit
$1.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Monastery Mentor
$0.43
0.06 tix - 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.68
0.02 tix - 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (28)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.03
0.10 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.65
1.50 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Silence
$7.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 3 Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
$0.59
0.02 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
- 1 Patchwork Automaton
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Crystalline Giant
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Foundry Inspector
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.31
0.02 tix - 1 Lodestone Golem
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
$2.46
0.02 tix - 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.88
0.13 tix
- 1 Stonecoil Serpent
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.05
1.54 tix
Artifacts (24)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
60.76 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.56 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
27.12 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.42 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
13.31 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
36.29 tix
- 1 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.87 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.78 tix
- 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
11.00 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.93
0.02 tix
- 1 Nettlecyst
$2.99
0.02 tix
- 1 Serum Powder
$0.81
0.46 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
6.29 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.03 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.62
0.03 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.97 tix
Lands (24)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.90 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.19 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 10.69 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.65 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.30 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.34 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.79 14.17 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Archive Trap
$1.05
0.57 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.67
3.75 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.88
5.06 tix
- 1 Lantern of the Lost
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix - 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.59
0.02 tix - 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.65
1.50 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.96 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Warping Wail
$0.42
0.03 tix - 1 Weathered Runestone
$0.24
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (35)
- 2 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
10.08 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
10.08 tix
- 4 Lotus Petal
$36.02
14.99 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$236.49
17.01 tix
- 4 Manifold Key
$1.39
0.03 tix
- 2 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 3 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 4 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.48 tix
- 1 Mesmeric Orb
$16.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Basalt Monolith
$3.48
0.15 tix
- 4 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Paradox Engine
$6.48
0.06 tix
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.88
5.06 tix
- 4 Karn, Scion of Urza
$4.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
10.08 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Mesmeric Orb
$16.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.77
0.02 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.90
0.45 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.05
1.54 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (26)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
60.76 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.02
14.99 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.56 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
27.12 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$236.49
17.01 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.42 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
13.31 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
36.29 tix
- 1 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.87 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.39
0.03 tix
- 3 Sensei's Divining Top
$38.72
1.05 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.48 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.84 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$9.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$37.32
0.36 tix
- 1 Paradox Engine
$6.48
0.06 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Dismember
$2.67
3.75 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.43
1.77 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.68
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.30 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.05
1.54 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (28)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.03
0.10 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.65
1.50 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Silence
$7.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 3 Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (15)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Artifacts (28)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.03
0.10 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.65
1.50 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Silence
$7.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 3 Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Artifacts (26)
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Basilisk Collar
$3.73
0.02 tix
- 4 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.96 tix
- 2 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.88
5.06 tix
- 2 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.88
5.06 tix
- 4 Serum Powder
$0.81
0.46 tix
- 4 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.97 tix
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.93
0.02 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Dismember
$2.67
3.75 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.88
5.06 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.02
0.29 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Possessed Portal
$2.28
0.02 tix - 1 Sundering Titan
$0.77
0.02 tix
- 3 Torpor Orb
$3.90
0.45 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.24
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (18)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.45
6.03 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$489.98
5.85 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
2.05 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$811.36
8.06 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.27 tix
- 1 Windfall
$4.68
0.29 tix
- 1 Dark Petition
$2.67
0.02 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 4 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.73
0.01 tix
- 3 Preordain
$0.45
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.95
0.01 tix
Instants (11)
Artifacts (16)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
60.76 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.02
14.99 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.56 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
27.12 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.42 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
13.31 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
36.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.87 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$38.72
1.05 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.84 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$9.54
0.02 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (27)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.03
0.10 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Malevolent Hermit
$1.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Monastery Mentor
$0.43
0.06 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (28)
Artifacts (21)
Lands (7)
Sideboard
- 1 Chain Lightning
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Echo of Eons
$8.95
7.22 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Relay
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Gamble
$15.63
0.20 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
$2.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Reforge the Soul
$5.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Void Snare
$0.29
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (19)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.45
6.03 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$489.98
5.85 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
2.05 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$811.36
8.06 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.27 tix
- 3 Dark Petition
$2.67
0.02 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.73
0.01 tix
- 3 Preordain
$0.45
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.95
0.01 tix
Instants (12)
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
60.76 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
10.08 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.02
14.99 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.33
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.56 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
27.12 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.42 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
13.31 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
36.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.87 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Wishclaw Talisman
$1.84
0.02 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$9.54
0.02 tix
Lands (12)
Sideboard
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.80
0.02 tix - 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.28 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.96 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (11)
Artifacts (28)
- 4 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 1 Gustha's Scepter
$8.26
0.49 tix
- 4 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
10.08 tix
- 4 Lotus Petal
$36.02
14.99 tix
- 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.64
0.02 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$236.49
17.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Bauble
$5.31
13.28 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Retrofitter Foundry
$0.32
6.20 tix
- 1 Wishclaw Talisman
$1.84
0.02 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.39
0.07 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.03
0.10 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.65
1.50 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.34
5.32 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Welding Jar
$1.24
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (26)
Artifacts (22)
Lands (7)
Sideboard
- 1 Echo of Eons
$8.95
7.22 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 4 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Relay
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Gamble
$15.63
0.20 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
$2.80
0.02 tix
- 1 Reforge the Soul
$5.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Void Snare
$0.29
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
