Vanguard's Shield
Artifact — Equipment
AVRAvacyn Restored#223common
Foil
Wars are not fought on a single front.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 859
- Illustrator
- Ryan Pancoast
- Found in
- Avacyn Restored MTGO Redemption · Avacyn Restored MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Equipped creature gets +0/+3 and can block an additional creature each combat.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)Equip
Plays as: Is Equipment
Market · per finishspark updated 9h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.08
$0.03 low$0.02 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.39
$0.25 low$0.15 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.08as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.15L $0.05since Feb 2024$0.03
$0.01
$0.02+67% · normal spread
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Low: tcgplayer
Buylist: cardkingdom
Foil
$0.39as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.54L $0.23since Feb 2024$0.25
$0.10
$0.15+60% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.08· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest May 1, 2012 · one tap opens all
- WotCMay 1, 2012
Abilities that allow a creature to block an additional creature are cumulative.