Best Mono-White budget alternatives to Debt of Loyalty

Debt of Loyalty
$13.41 MarketCard Breakdown: Debt of Loyalty (Instant) acts as a key Versatile Deck Staple in competitive and casual EDH / Modern formats. At $13.41, budget-conscious players can leverage vector embedding similarity to achieve comparable game effects for under $5.00.
Top Vector-Ranked Budget Swaps
Spare from Evil
(Instant)
Creatures you control gain protection from non-Human creatures until end of turn.
Matches Debt of Loyalty's Instant card type and costs 1 less mana to cast (2 MV vs 3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #combat-trick, #protects-creature.
Razor Barrier
(Instant)
Target permanent you control gains protection from artifacts or from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Matches Debt of Loyalty's Instant card type and costs 1 less mana to cast (2 MV vs 3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #combat-trick, #protects-creature.
Stave Off
(Instant)
Target creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Matches Debt of Loyalty's Instant card type and costs 2 less mana to cast (1 MV vs 3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #combat-trick, #protects-creature.
Shelter
(Instant)
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Draw a card.
Matches Debt of Loyalty's Instant card type and costs 1 less mana to cast (2 MV vs 3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #combat-trick, #protects-creature.
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