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Ephemeral Shields

Ephemeral Shields Price

3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2014

Cheapest $0.23
Median $0.23
Highest $0.31
EDHREC Rank #11,663

Ephemeral Shields has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 2014 and most recently in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is Magic 2015 #11 at $0.23, while the most expensive is March of the Machine Commander #184 at $0.31. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.23. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like March of the Machine Commander, The List.

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Every Ephemeral Shields Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
Magic 2015 #11 (C) Cheapest 2014 $0.23 $0.45 foil
The List #M15-11 (C) 2019 $0.23 —
March of the Machine Commander #184 (C) 2023 $0.31 —

Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.

Oracle Text
Instant
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 1 or one mana of that creature's color.)

Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Legal In
Pioneer Modern Legacy Vintage Commander Pauper

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.

Official Judge Precedents

6 Precedents

You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.

When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.

Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for {1} or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.

If a creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.

Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.

Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.