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Ward of Piety

Card Name

Ward of Piety

Mana Cost

1

Type

Enchantment – Aura

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

Enchant creature
1
: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature this turn is dealt to any target instead.

Flavor Text

Reluctant to strike at the kami directly, some kitsune trained in more passive fighting techniques.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(2/1/2005)
Redirected damage retains its information. For example, your opponent attacks you with Slith Firewalker (which reads, in part, "Whenever Slith Firewalker deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.") and you block with a creature enchanted with Ward of Piety. If you activate Ward of Piety, targeting your opponent, the Slith's ability triggers during the combat damage step and it gets a +1/+1 counter. It's still combat damage.