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Unquestioned Authoritycombat_trick$1.79Both are white combat-focused tricks that can help a creature or team push through combat while also providing a defensive boost. It also changes how blockers interact in a way that can be used to protect an attack.Shelterprotection$4.84A one-mana white instant that protects a creature and replaces itself, fitting the same cheap utility spell slot as a reactive trick. It is narrower than Shields of Velis Vel but serves a similar defensive role.Emerge Unscathedprotection$0.35Like Shields of Velis Vel, this is a cheap white instant that can be used proactively or defensively in combat. It gives protection instead of toughness and tribal changes, but fills a similar one-mana combat trick role.Gods WillingprotectionBudget$0.10This is a close functional cousin as a one-mana white instant that protects a creature and can help it connect in combat. It is generally stronger as protection, though it lacks the tribal-matters synergy.Ajani's PresenceprotectionBudget$0.15A white combat trick that can save or bolster a creature at low cost, similar to the defensive use case of Shields of Velis Vel. It is more specialized toward surviving removal and combat damage.Might of the Massescombat_trickBudget$0.09If the goal is a cheap team/combat trick that scales with your board, this is one of the closest green analogs. It does not grant creature types, but it is a low-cost instant that can swing combat for multiple creatures.Coat of Armsutility$18.57This is the classic payoff for creatures sharing types, making the changeling clause of Shields of Velis Vel feel relevant in a much bigger way. It is a broader tribal anthem rather than an instant trick, but it serves the same creature-type synergy role.Mirror Entityutility$1.87This is a changeling-based tribal card that can turn a board of creatures into a shared type payoff and strongly affect combat math. It is not an instant, but it is highly synergistic with creature-type-changing effects.
