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Rune of Protection: Green Urza's Saga MTG card
USG #38 · Art by Scott M. Fischer
USG set symbol, CommonUrza's Saga#38Common

Rune of Protection: Green

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$0.18 +5.9% +$0.01, 7 days
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+28.6%
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#24,831 Down 112 in 30 days
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Rune of Protection: Green Price Summary

The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.18, up 5.9% over 7 days, up 28.6% over 30 days, up 50.0% over 90 days.

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Rune of Protection: Green Printings & Prices

Rune of Protection: Green has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil finishes.

USG set symbol, CommonUSG #38
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Rune of Protection: Green Rules Text & Legality

Rune of Protection: Green

{W}: The next time a green source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Rune of Protection: Green is legal in Legacy, Commander and Pauper, and not legal in Standard, Pioneer and Modern.

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Rune of Protection: Green Rulings

  • Oct 4, 2004

    A source of damage is a permanent, a spell on the stack (including one that creates a permanent), or any object referred to by an object on the stack. A source doesn't need to be capable of dealing damage to be a legal choice.

  • Oct 4, 2004

    Can be used even when there is no damage to prevent. It prevents the next damage (if any) from the source this turn.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

Rune of Protection: Green has been reprinted 1 time.

  • Oct 12, 1998USG set symbol, CommonUrza's SagaUSG #38

Rune of Protection: Green in Commander

Rune of Protection: Green is the #24,831 most-played card on EDHREC, down 112 places over the last 30 days.

#24,831 EDHREC rank
across all Commander decks Down 112 in 30 days

Rune of Protection: Green FAQ

How much is Rune of Protection: Green worth?

Rune of Protection: Green is worth about $0.18 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 9, 2026.

Is Rune of Protection: Green legal in Commander?

Yes. Rune of Protection: Green is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Legacy and Pauper.

Has Rune of Protection: Green been reprinted?

Yes. Rune of Protection: Green has been reprinted 1 time, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Rune of Protection: Green cheap?

Rune of Protection: Green trades at about $0.18; 1 reprint keeps supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#24,831 on EDHREC).