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"Find me cards equivalent to: Contractual Safeguard"

Some equivalent white instants to Contractual Safeguard that distribute or copy counters:
1. Together Forever (can put +1/+1 counters and protect creatures, but is an enchantment)
2. Unbreakable Formation (instant, gives indestructible and can put +1/+1 counters during main phase)
3. Solidarity of Heroes (instant, but green/white in Commander sets—doubles counters, notable but not pure white)
4. Settle the Score (not white, included for comparison, but mainly removal with additional counter)
5. Mikaeus, the Lunarch (not instant, distributes +1/+1 counters)

Best direct white instant matches:

  • Unbreakable Formation (closest in effect and timing)


Reason: There are few pure white instants that distribute any kind of counter; most white cards distribute +1/+1 counters specifically or have sorcery speed.

Cards referenced (all white instants):

  • Contractual Safeguard
  • Unbreakable Formation
Found Cards

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Contractual Safeguard

Mikaeus, the Lunarch

Settle the Score

Solidarity of Heroes

Together Forever

Unbreakable Formation

Contractual Safeguard #14 Instant

Variations: v1 v2
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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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  • A creature with a shield counter on it may still be destroyed by state-based actions if it has damage marked on it equal to its toughness or has been dealt unpreventable damage by a source with deathtouch.
  • If a permanent that would be dealt damage has more than one shield counter on it, that damage is prevented and only one shield counter is removed.
  • If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
  • If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may choose the shield counter for the second part of the spell.
  • Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
  • Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
  • “Shield” is not an ability that creatures have and shield counters are not keyword counters. If a creature with a shield counter loses its abilities, the shield counter will still protect it as normal.

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    Manapool 1.23 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.07 USD
    Cardmarket 1.78 EUR / 0.99 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a shieldcounteron a creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shieldcounterfrom it instead.) Choose a kind ofcounteron a creature you control. Put acounterof that kind on each other creature you control.

    Mikaeus, the Lunarch #6 Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 0/0
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  • Creature
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  • Human
  • Cleric
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    Manapool 1.83 USD
    Cardmarket 2.71 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 2.55 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Mikaeus enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. : Put a +1/+1counteron Mikaeus. , Remove a +1/+1counterfrom Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1counteron each other creature you control.

    Settle the Score #103 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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  • Both loyalty counters must be put onto the same planeswalker.
  • If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Settle the Score tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t put loyalty counters on a planeswalker.
  • You don’t choose which planeswalker receives loyalty counters until Settle the Score resolves. If you don’t control a planeswalker, you’ll simply exile the target creature and not put loyalty counters on anything.

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    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD / 0.85 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.47 EUR 0.09 EUR
    Manapool / 0.52 USD 0.15 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Exile target creature. Put two loyalty counters on a planeswalker you control.

    Solidarity of Heroes #168 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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  • If a spell or ability allows you to cast a strive spell without paying its mana cost, you must pay the additional costs for any targets beyond the first.
  • If all of the spell's targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. If one or more of its targets are legal when it tries to resolve, the spell will resolve and affect only those legal targets. It will have no effect on any illegal targets.
  • If such a spell is copied, and the effect that copies the spell allows a player to choose new targets for the copy, the number of targets can't be changed. The player may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, the player can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
  • Solidarity of Heroes can target any creatures, not just ones with +1/+1 counters on them. Notably, heroic abilities of any target creatures that put +1/+1 counters on that creature will resolve before Solidarity of Heroes.
  • The mana cost and mana value of strive spells don't change no matter how many targets they have. Strive abilities affect only what you pay.
  • You choose how many targets each spell with a strive ability has and what those targets are as you cast it. It's legal to cast such a spell with no targets, although this is rarely a good idea. You can't choose the same target more than once for a single strive spell.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 1.38 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.79 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.11 USD
    Manapool 0.59 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Strive — This spell costs more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target creatures. Double the number of +1/+1 counters on each of them.

    Together Forever #44 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Support

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  • If a creature without counters receives enough -1/-1 counters to reduce its toughness to 0 or less, Together Forever's ability can't be activated before state-based actions put that creature into its owner's graveyard.
  • Together Forever's activated ability checks whether the target creature has a counter on it as the ability is activated and as the ability resolves. If the creature loses its counters later in the turn, the delayed triggered ability will still return it to its owner's hand when it dies.

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    Cardmarket / 0.45 EUR 0.26 EUR
    Manapool / 3.01 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.31 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    When this enchantment enters, support 2. (Put a +1/+1counteron each of up to two target creatures.) : Choose target creature with acounteron it. When that creature dies this turn, return that card to its owner's hand.

    Unbreakable Formation #7052 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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  • Unbreakable Formation affects only creatures you control at the time it resolves. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn won't gain indestructible or vigilance and they won't get a +1/+1 counter.
  • Addendum abilities of instant spells apply while the spell is resolving, not immediately after casting it. If the spell is countered, you don't get the addendum bonus.
  • If an effect copies a spell with an addendum ability while it's on the stack, the copy wasn't cast at all, so you won't get the addendum bonus.

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    Tcgplayer 1.38 USD / 1.93 USD
    Cardkingdom / 2.79 USD 1.79 USD
    Cardmarket / 1.82 EUR 2.51 EUR
    Manapool / 1.8 USD 1.43 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1counteron each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.