Price$0.61 – $1.19
Buy on TCGplayerTyvar's Stand
Instant
LegalRank #764
Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Why is this card good?
Tyvar's Stand is one of the best protection spells green has access to, precisely because it does double duty. For just (X=0), you protect a key creature from targeted removal and board wipes — hexproof beats spot removal, indestructible beats wraths and damage. That flexibility is rare in green, which historically struggles to react.
It shines in Voltron and commander-centric decks — think Rafiq, Skullbriar, Slimefoot, or any deck where one creature is your win condition. Holding up two mana to save your commander from a swords or a Wrath of God can swing entire games. Pumping X up also lets it double as a combat trick or finisher when you've got mana to spare.
The catch: it only protects one creature, so it's weak in go-wide tokens or aristocrats decks where board wipes hurt your whole army. It also does nothing against sacrifice effects, exile, or "all players sacrifice" — Murder won't kill your creature, but Toxic Deluge-style -X/-X and edicts still get there.
Don't run it if you don't have a single high-value creature worth defending.
(X=0), you protect a key creature from targeted removal and board wipes — hexproof beats spot removal, indestructible beats wraths and damage. That flexibility is rare in green, which historically struggles to react.
It shines in Voltron and commander-centric decks — think Rafiq, Skullbriar, Slimefoot, or any deck where one creature is your win condition. Holding up two mana to save your commander from a swords or a Wrath of God can swing entire games. Pumping X up also lets it double as a combat trick or finisher when you've got mana to spare.
The catch: it only protects one creature, so it's weak in go-wide tokens or aristocrats decks where board wipes hurt your whole army. It also does nothing against sacrifice effects, exile, or "all players sacrifice" — Murder won't kill your creature, but Toxic Deluge-style -X/-X and edicts still get there.
Don't run it if you don't have a single high-value creature worth defending.Related cards
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