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Wall of SpearsprotectionBudget$0.25Provides a similarly defensive toughness boost, turning a creature into a much harder blocker to remove. It plays a similar role of padding survivability for a low investment.Darksteel Plateprotection$7.02Another Equipment that focuses on making a creature much harder to kill, though through indestructible rather than raw toughness. It is a premier protective upgrade over pure stat boosts.Shield of the RighteousprotectionBudget$0.18Equipment that helps a creature survive combat by increasing toughness and adding combat utility. It fills a similar defensive Equipment slot at a low mana cost.Accorder's ShieldprotectionBudget$0.25A cheap Equipment that boosts toughness and helps the equipped creature survive early combat. It is one of the closest budget-style defensive Equipment options.Snake UmbraprotectionBudget$0.90Not an Equipment, but it serves a similar protective role by making a creature much harder to trade with and by granting card advantage if it survives. It is a stronger value-oriented alternative for a resilient threat.Hyena UmbraprotectionBudget$0.33A cheap defensive aura that can keep a creature alive through combat and removal, functioning as a protection alternative to toughness-boosting Equipment. It is especially efficient for low curve decks.Cathar's ShieldprotectionBudget$0.23Another low-cost Equipment that increases survivability, especially in the early game. It resembles Slagwurm Armor as a simple defensive attachment.SunbondprotectionBudget$0.52A toughness-focused enchantment that can make a creature very hard to kill over time. While it is not Equipment, it fills the same role of turning a creature into a durable blocker.
