Witness Protection

Foundations #168

Witness Protection - Foundations

Type: Enchantment — Aura

Mana cost: {U}

Card text: Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green and white Citizen creature with base power and toughness 1/1 named Legitimate Businessperson. (It loses all other colors, card types, creature types, and names.)

Rarity: common

Artist: Dominik Mayer

Released: November 15, 2024

Prices

$0.27 USD · $0.34 USD (Foil) · €0.09 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✓ Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Witness Protection in Foundations limited

common

Treetop Snarespinner
Treetop Snarespinner
Creature — Spider

Witness Protection removes all abilities from a creature, making Treetop Snarespinner's activated ability a clean way to kill the now 1/1 with deathtouch.

 Bite Down
Bite Down
Instant

Witness Protection turns any threat into a 1/1, making it easy for even small creatures to kill it with Bite Down's fight effect.

 Bushwhack
Bushwhack
Sorcery

After Witness Protection makes a creature into a 1/1, Bushwhack's fight mode lets any of your creatures easily destroy it.

uncommon

Affectionate Indrik
Affectionate Indrik
Creature — Beast

Witness Protection turns opposing threats into 1/1s that Affectionate Indrik can easily fight and destroy when it enters the battlefield.

mythic

Sire of Seven Deaths
Sire of Seven Deaths
Creature — Eldrazi

Witness Protection is one of the few ways to deal with Sire of Seven Deaths, removing all its keyword abilities and ward, making it a harmless 1/1.

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