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Shield Sphere

Multiverse ID: 159103

Shield Sphere

Comments (31)

Joseph_Leito
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (4 votes)
I <3 free cards.
Gilgamesh3000
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (7 votes)
One of the best walls ever.
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Pretty insane considering it's FREE!! Play 4 on your first turn...lol...
GrimGorgonBC
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
I bought 5 packs of alliances and i got 2 other these....Right into my esper deck. Such a good 0drop card. Im gonna do a friendly Alliances draft with a few ppl and i hope i get more.
Fictionarious
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
So if the first attacker this thing blocked was a 5/5, would this wall be dead or not?
Pantheon
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (6 votes)
When used in a deck with Doran, the Siege Tower, this card is incredibly broken.
UNBAN_SHAHRAZAD
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0) (7 votes)
Fictionarious: It would die because it gets the counter when it is assigned as a blocker, so it would be a 0/5 when damage is dealt. Even if it got the counter after combat, it would still be a 0/5 with 5 damage on it so it would die.
Lege
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
This card is simply AMAZING in an affinity deck. It buys you just enough time to get your ball rolling and provides free affinity.
TreeTrunkMaster
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (4 votes)
Obvious but no one has said anything, nice for storm abilities.
zk3
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (5 votes)
Now that Survival has dominated Legacy, this card has become a key mirror-breaker. You empty your mana sources in loading your graveyard with creatures, and then you end the combo by searching for this with your last land. You're safe for a turn, or you can creaturecycle that rootwalla for this - getting your second spell.
Dragonwizard99
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Shield Sphere would be perfect in an artifact deck if you used it with Master Transmuter's effect. I meen Blightsteel Colossus for Master Transmuter's cost you cant beat that.
land_comment
★☆☆☆☆ (1.9/5.0) (4 votes)
This almost solves littlebeast's challenge on Lu Meng, Wu General. It just doesn't have flying.
Equinox523
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
@Pantheon Doran, the Siege Tower is amazing. 6 damage on block? Nice.

I also like grabbing many of these with Tezzeret, the Seeker ability for 0. Nothing like 24 points of toughness to get through. Forget about the other 0's you can grab too - Ornithopter, Phyrexian Walker, and Memnite.
Tynansdtm
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Salient
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
This card is incredible with Goblin Welder. Block for a turn or two, then weld it away to recover artifacts from your graveyard, and when necessary, weld it back in as a fresh 0/6 blocker.
Eved
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Dragonwizard99
Elvish Piper does not agree with you. It uses the same mana, the same number of turns (possibly fewer conisdering greens inherent mana ramping tendancies), and requires fewer cards to achieve the desired result.

I have nothing beneficial to say here. However, I did buy four of this card because it's useful in many different decks.
001010011100101110
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If that soldier is being protected from that thing, someone should tell him to fear for his safety after 6 blows to the shield.
bumway
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0) (1 vote)
i would put this in my green deck with forgotten ancient
18scsc
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Great with Glint Hawk You play this and block for a while then use glint hawk to bounce to hand and replay it with full counters
Arachnos
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (3 votes)
A very viable 0-drop. Though early-game its 6 health is a bit redundant and things like Phyrexian Walker might be more useful, but a freebie is a freebie. It's not useless even late-game, a 0-drop that can tank a giant beast for a couple of turns is nothing to laugh at.
Ancestral_Forget
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Thopter go plop.
DlCK
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Probably the best creature to synergize with Korozda Guildmage
Technetium
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Good stall while your Academy blue control deck takes a few turns to get going.
Lord_of_phyrexia
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
@systemSCsnake: that won't work, melira, sylvok outcast only stops -1/-1 counters, these are -0/-1 counters :(
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Power Conduit. 0/6 Wall for {0} that pumps itself or other creatures, potentially other artifacts. Brutal.
ZaisConsultant
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Shovels here, get you're shovels here. Six free, floating shovels, get them while supplies last.
Please lower your voice sir, if you're disappointed with your purchase please remember that it was free. Don't make a scene about our product.