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Basilisk Collarprotection$3.77Cheap Equipment that protects and enhances the equipped creature, often serving a similar defensive role by making combat much safer. It costs one more mana but also adds deathtouch and lifelink.Mask of Avacynprotection$0.64A low-cost Equipment that improves survivability by giving the equipped creature hexproof, helping it stay on the battlefield like Shield of the Realm helps it survive damage. It is slightly cheaper to cast but costs more to equip.Leonin Scimitarutility$0.07Very similar cheap Equipment with a small, efficient stat boost and low equip cost, making it a budget-friendly comparable artifact for creature enhancement. It does not prevent damage, but it fills a similar early-game Equipment slot.Shield of Duty and Reasonprotection$0.46An Equipment that directly protects the equipped creature from damage by preventing combat damage through its effect. It is a natural functional cousin, though it costs more and has a different defensive profile.Darksteel Plateprotection$7.02Equipment that keeps a creature alive through combat by granting indestructible, a broader and stronger version of damage protection. It is much more expensive, but it performs the same survival-focused role.Gorgon Flailutility$0.43A cheap Equipment with a small cost and low equip cost that changes combat outcomes by making the creature much harder to profitably block. It is not purely defensive, but it occupies a similar low-mana Equipment niche.Whispersilk Cloakprotection$2.74Protects the equipped creature by making it harder to interact with and preserving it through unblockability and shroud. It costs more, but it is a strong upgrade for keeping a creature safe.Shielded by Faithprotection$4.72A white protection enchantment that can function similarly by making a creature much harder to remove in combat and from damage-based effects. It is not Equipment, but it offers comparable creature shielding.
