Crystal Barricade — Steady Bastion
Crystal Barricade from the Foundations set is a practical defensive piece for white artifact decks and aggro stoppers alike. The Extended Art Light Play Foil showcases crystalline spires anchoring a city wall, and the card performs as it looks: a stationary protector that gives you hexproof while absorbing incidental harm to your board. Experienced players will value its predictable utility in wide creature strategies and in builds that need a durable source of protection without committing a blocker that can attack.
The card reads plainly and does work reliably. It is an Artifact Creature with Defender and grants you hexproof so opponents struggle to single you out. It also prevents all noncombat damage to other creatures you control which meshes well with token generators and creatures that benefit from damage prevention. Add this Light Play Foil to a Foundations collection for both tabletop use and display. Consider it when you need a low cost way to shore up fragile boards and preserve key creatures; pick it up now to strengthen your defensive suite.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {1}{W}
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Card Type – Artifact Creature
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Subtypes – Wall
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Defender (This creature can't attack.) You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to other creatures you control.
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Power / Toughness – 0/4
