MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #194

Armor of Thorns

DIGITAL ONLY

vma·#194·common·foil

Illus. Alan Rabinowitz

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,017 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.05

Nonfoil$0.05

Gameplay

Enchantment — Aura

You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step. Enchant nonblack creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2022-12-08wotc

The sacrifice occurs only if you cast it using its own ability. If you cast it using some other effect (for example, if another effect allowed you to cast it as though it had flash), then it won't be sacrificed.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VMA — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #194 of *Vintage Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2014 Vintage Masters release.

Card type: Enchantment — Aura, color identity green, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{G} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Enchant.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #27,017 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Alan Rabinowitz. Rarix catalogs 89 other cards credited to this artist.