Defense Grid
Eighth Edition
#296★
Rare
Traditional foil
EN
Released · Illustrated by Mark Tedin
- Draft Boosters
Not in a preconstructed deck (collector booster or promo printing).
"A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection." —Crystal Eastman, "Equality or Protection"
What is this worth
Traditional foil
$46
High confidence
- Retail Mana Pool $39.59 as of 2026-10-16
- Retail TCGplayer $45.74 as of 2026-10-18
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Price history
Foil
7 d
+14.4%
30 d
+15.7%
Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 18 Oct 2026, one point per day we recorded one.
Non-foil
7 d
0.0%
30 d
+6.8%
Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 16 Oct 2026, one point per day we recorded one.
Oracle text
Each spell costs more to cast except during its controller's turn.
Legalities
Legal Not legal
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Premodern
Legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Pauper Commander
Not legal
PreDH
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
tlr
Legal
competitivebrawl
Legal
Identifiers and data
- Scryfall id
- 56fc8efa-5955-4428-9491-66da5bea5e0b
- Oracle id
- 22ba474e-f6e6-450d-a4cf-0739f0b51079
- Illustration id
- 3e73d572-1b1a-42f2-820a-f352b2770710
- Card back id
- 0aeebaf5-8c7d-4636-9e82-8c27447861f7
- TCGplayer id
- 11256
- MTGJSON uuid
- c4495825-0aad-5550-9a4f-b9feaac2c4e1
- Set code
- 8ED
- Collector number
- 296★
- Layout
- normal
- Frame
- 2003
- Border
- black
- Booster
- Yes
- Games
- paper, mtgo
- Story spotlight
- No
- Reserved list
- No
- EDHREC rank
- 1922
- Penny rank
- 684
