Shelter
~$0.18 low · ~$16.26 high
White. Instant
Commander Masters #56 · Illustrated by Alayna Danner
Commander Masters #56 · Illustrated by Alayna DannerWhat is Shelter worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Good strategists seize opportunities. Great strategists make their own.
Format legality
All 7 printings of Shelter
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The List plst #ODY-46· 2024Retro Framecommon | common | $0.18 | No foil printing | — | |
 Secret Lair Drop sld #1587· 2024Borderlessrare· Cardmarket €6.15 | rare | $11.37 | No foil printing | €6.15 | |
 Secret Lair Drop sld #1587★· 2024BorderlessRainbow Foilrare | rare | No non-foil printing | $16.26 | — | |
 Commander Masters cmm #56· 2023common· Cardmarket €0.24 · €0.18 foil | common | $0.21 | $0.42 | €0.24€0.18 foil | |
 Modern Horizons mh1 #28· 2019common· Cardmarket €0.18 · €0.45 foil | common | $0.31 | $0.48 | €0.18€0.45 foil | |
 Eternal Masters ema #29· 2016common· Cardmarket €0.24 · €0.21 foil | common | $0.29 | $0.43 | €0.24€0.21 foil | |
 Odyssey ody #46· 2001common· Cardmarket €0.19 · €4.80 foil | common | $0.26 | $8.68 | €0.19€4.80 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2001
- Printings
- 7
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #3,314 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artists
- Christopher Moeller, Mandy Jurgens, Alayna Danner
Rulings (4)
2019-06-14
You can’t choose “artifact” or “colorless” as Shelter asks you to choose a color, since those are not colors.
2019-06-14
Protection from a color means that the target creature can’t be blocked by creatures of that color, can’t be the target of spells of that color or abilities from sources of that color, can’t be enchanted or equipped by Auras or Equipment of that color, and all damage that sources of that color would deal to it is prevented. Nothing other than these events is prevented or illegal.
2019-06-14
A permanent gaining protection may cause a spell or ability on the stack to have an illegal target. As a spell or ability tries to resolve, if all its targets are illegal, that spell or ability doesn’t resolve. None of its effects happen, including effects unrelated to the target. If at least one target is still legal, the spell or ability does as much as it can to the remaining legal targets, and its other effects still happen.
2019-06-14
The legality of a spell’s targets is checked only as that spell begins to resolve. If Shelter gives the targeted creature protection from white, you’ll still draw a card.
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