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Shelter
INSTANT Common
The List EDHREC #3,295
$0.17
+0.0%
7 days
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Shelter price history chart, default range 3 months. currently $0.17.
Shelter Price Summary
Shelter's current headline price is $0.17.
Shelter Printings & Prices
7 printings
Shelter has 7 tracked printings across 6 sets, in nonfoil, rainbow foil and foil finishes, including borderless treatments.
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Sell Shelter: Buylist Offers
10 offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Retail | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Card Kingdom | SLD #1587 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | ODY #46 | Foil | — | — | — |
| CoolStuffInc | SLD #1587 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
| CoolStuffInc | ODY #46 | Foil | — | — | — |
| CoolStuffInc | EMA #29 | Foil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | MH1 #28 | Foil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | CMM #56 | Foil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | EMA #29 | Foil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | ODY #46 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | CMM #56 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
Shelter Rules Text & Legality
View on Scryfall ↗Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
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"Good strategists seize opportunities. Great strategists make their own."
Shelter is legal in Modern, Legacy, Commander and Pauper, and not legal in Standard and Pioneer.
standard
Not legal
pioneer
Not legal
modern
Legal
legacy
Legal
commander
Legal
pauper
Legal
Shelter Rulings
4 most recent
- Jun 14, 2019 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.
- Jun 14, 2019 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.
- Jun 14, 2019 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.
- Jun 14, 2019 You can’t choose “artifact” or “colorless” as Shelter asks you to choose a color, since those are not colors.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
11 printings
Shelter has been reprinted 11 times.
| Set | Date | Rarity | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMM #56 | 2023-08-04 | Common | Standard |
| CMM #56 | 2023-08-04 | Common | Standard |
| PLST #ODY-46 | 2022-04-29 | Common | Standard |
| SLD #1587★ | 2021-06-21 | Rare | Borderless |
| SLD #1587 | 2021-06-21 | Rare | Borderless |
| MH1 #28 | 2019-06-14 | Common | Standard |
| MH1 #28 | 2019-06-14 | Common | Standard |
| EMA #29 | 2016-06-10 | Common | Standard |
| EMA #29 | 2016-06-10 | Common | Standard |
| ODY #46 | 2001-10-01 | Common | Standard |
CMM #56 
SLD #1587★ 
MH1 #28 
EMA #29 
ODY #46 Showing the 10 most recent of 11 printings.
Shelter in Commander
Shelter is the #3,295 most-played card on EDHREC, up 10 places over the last 30 days.
Shelter FAQ
How much is Shelter worth?
Shelter is worth about $0.17 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 23, 2026.
Is Shelter legal in Commander?
Yes — Shelter is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Modern, Legacy and Pauper.
Has Shelter been reprinted?
Yes — Shelter has been reprinted 11 times, with 7 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Shelter cheap?
Shelter trades at about $0.17 — 11 reprints keep supply plentiful.