Defense Grid
Mana cost {2}.
Each spell costs {3} more to cast except during its controller's turn.
Defense Grid is legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Legacy printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€13.77) · TCGplayer ($15.7) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €12.62 and €15.46 in that time.
How often Defense Grid is played
Defense Grid is kept in 4 sideboards (3%); used by 3 of 33 tracked archetypes.
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Sideboard plans with Defense Grid
- Replenish vs. Counterspell and disruption decks. Defense Grid makes their spells cost three more on your turn, which makes Replenish very hard to counter, but on their turn your Intuition, Frantic Search and Abeyance cost three more as well; Attunement activations are not spells and stay free.
- MUD vs. Stiflenought, Landstill, Psychatog, Tron, The Solution and Dromar Control. Three Defense Grid make counters cost three more on your turn.
- Turbo Lands vs. Stiflenought, Psychatog, Landstill, Stasis, Replenish, UG Madness, Gro-a-Tog, Tron and Rebels. Defense Grid makes every spell cost {3} more unless it is cast during its caster's own turn: their counters cost three more on your turn, but so do your Crop Rotation and Pyroblast on theirs.
Tournament decks with Defense Grid
- Deadguy Ale: 2nd Place at Sword Luderia (2× sideboard)
- Storm: 3rd Place at Semanal Premodern (3× sideboard)
- MUD: 1st Place at Full Tapped - Summer Season (3× sideboard)
- Turbo Lands: 1st Place at MTGO Contraption League (3× sideboard)
Spicy brews with Defense Grid
- Great Combo (1×)
- Chronatog Stax (4×)
