Delaying Shield
Enchantment
ODYOdyssey#17rare
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 1997
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 11000
- Illustrator
- Luca Zontini
- Found in
- Odyssey MTGO Redemption · Odyssey MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
If damage would be dealt to you, put that many delay counters on this enchantment instead.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove all delay counters from this enchantment. For each delay counter removed this way, you lose 1 life unless you pay 
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.Plays as:
Life Outlet
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Rulings
1 · latest Oct 4, 2004
- WotCOct 4, 2004
Note that the damage is replaced and is not “prevented”. This means it can replace damage that “can’t be prevented”.