Defense Grid 2 mana

Artifact

Oracle Text

Each spell costs 3 mana 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

Tunaktunak ·Vintage Challenge 32 · March 28, 2026 Vintage
1

Final: 1 | Swiss: 5

Main Deck

TRON_Bahiano ·Vintage Challenge 32 · March 28, 2026 Vintage
8

Final: 8 | Swiss: 8

DrPP ·Vintage Challenge 32 · March 27, 2026 Vintage
7

Final: 7 | Swiss: 7

Main Deck

KurumimBagoRosa ·Vintage Challenge 32 · March 26, 2026 Vintage
1

Final: 1 | Swiss: 1

TonyScapone ·Legacy Challenge 32 · March 25, 2026 Legacy
1

Final: 1 | Swiss: 8

EiJunCHN ·Vintage Last Chance · March 25, 2026 Vintage
6

Final: 6 | Swiss: 6

Main Deck

LucasG1ggs ·Vintage Last Chance · March 24, 2026 Vintage
7

Final: 7 |

Main Deck

Shuichi_Saito ·Vintage Last Chance · March 24, 2026 Vintage
1

Final: 1 |

AFX ·Vintage Last Chance · March 23, 2026 Vintage
5

Final: 5 |

Main Deck

AFX ·Vintage Challenge 32 · March 21, 2026 Vintage
2

Final: 2 | Swiss: 3

Main Deck

4FunNoWin ·Vintage Challenge 32 · March 20, 2026 Vintage
3

Final: 3 | Swiss: 4

Main Deck

NeptuneX ·Duel Commander Trial 16 · March 20, 2026 Duel Commander
6

Final: 6 | Swiss: 6

Main Deck

Artifacts (36)
Enchantments (1)
DuduDeNunu ·Duel Commander Trial 16 · March 20, 2026 Duel Commander
5

Final: 5 | Swiss: 4

Main Deck

Sideboard

mechrataal ·Vintage Challenge 32 · March 19, 2026 Vintage
8

Final: 8 | Swiss: 8

Main Deck

mortr3d ·Vintage Challenge 32 · March 19, 2026 Vintage
4

Final: 4 | Swiss: 6

Main Deck