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Unquestioned Authority

Enchantment — Aura2 generic manaWhite mana

Most evasion Auras are card disadvantage by construction: you spend a card to upgrade one creature, and a single removal spell two-for-ones you. Stapling a cantrip onto the front of that exchange is the move that rescues this one. The Aura replaces itself the moment it resolves, so the protection it grants costs you nothing in raw cards; what is left is the tempo of the turn and the standard Aura risk that a noncreature removal spell answers your target before you connect. Protection from creatures is the second half of the design, and it is narrower than blanket protection by design: the enchanted creature cannot be blocked by any other creature, takes no combat damage from creatures when it attacks or blocks, and cannot be targeted by creature abilities. It does not dodge burn, edicts, or removal that routes around creatures, so the body is not invincible: it is unkillable specifically in a creature fight. The natural home is a deck that wants one attacker to keep connecting, whether that is a beatdown plan grinding through a clogged board or a single carrier delivering something worth delivering. The reason this clears the bar a pile of clunky evasion enablers never reaches is that you are never down a card for trying. The protection reads like the headline, but the cantrip is the engineering: a white card-advantage piece dressed up as a combat enabler.

Unquestioned Authority (cns)
CNS · #85uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $1.46
Foil: $18.67
Oracle Text

Rules text

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature has protection from creatures.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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