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◇ Catalog #649

Defend the Celestus

j25·#649·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Andrey Kuzinskiy

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Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$0.18+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.19 · low $0.17

NM$0.18

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.17–$0.19modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.18low $0.12range 50.0%n 52

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #19,561 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.18

Gameplay

Instant

Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures you control.

Witch, werewolf, and cathar stood shoulder to shoulder around the Sungold Lock at the center of the ritual, ready to stop Tovolar's assault—or die trying.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 2

2021-09-24wotc

If some, but not all, of the target creatures are illegal targets as Defend the Celestus resolves, the original distribution of counters remains the same. Counters that were to be put on the now-illegal targets are lost.

2021-09-24wotc

You decide how to distribute the counters as you cast Defend the Celestus. You must distribute at least one counter to each creature you target.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.18. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.12 and $0.18 across 52 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J25 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #649 of *Foundations Jumpstart*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Foundations Jumpstart release.

Card type: Instant, color identity green, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{G}{G} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #19,561 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Andrey Kuzinskiy. Rarix catalogs 247 other cards credited to this artist.