Best Budget Protection Spells for Commander

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You may look at each face-down creature that's attacking or blocking.

Flying Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)

Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, this creature and that creature phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) {U}{U}: This creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

Flying Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)

Double strike Teleport — {3}{W}: This creature phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until your next turn.)

Enchant artifact or creature Enchanted permanent has phasing. (It phases in or out before its controller untaps during each of their untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)

Kicker {1}{W} and/or {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{W} and/or {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) Choose up to X creatures and/or planeswalkers you control, where X is the number of times this spell was kicked. Those permanents phase out. Temporal Firestorm deals 5 damage to each creature and each planeswalker.

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature phases out unless you pay {U}{U}. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

Target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls phases out. If that permanent is black, exile it instead. (If it phases out, treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has phasing and can't be blocked except by Walls. (It phases in or out before its controller untaps during each of their untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Flying Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.) Whenever this creature phases in, target creature phases out. (It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, tap all attacking creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step.

You gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

At the beginning of your end step, this creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

When this enchantment enters, untap all creatures, then those creatures phase out until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. Put a time counter on this enchantment for each creature that phased out this way. Vanishing (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from this enchantment. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)

Simultaneously, all phased-out creatures phase in and all creatures with phasing phase out.

Pay 1 life: Until your next upkeep, target permanent can't phase out.

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Another target nonland permanent phases out. It can't phase in for as long as you control this Saga. III — Destroy all creatures. For each creature destroyed this way, its controller creates a 2/2 black Phyrexian creature token.

When this creature enters, starting with you, each player chooses up to five permanents they control. All permanents other than this creature that weren't chosen this way phase out. Permanents can't phase in.

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Prevent all damage that would be dealt by creatures this turn. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

Flying Whenever a player casts a spell, if it isn't that player's turn, choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on Vision. • Vision phases out. (Treat him and anything attached to him as though they don't exist until your next turn.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on The Moment. {2}, {T}: Untap target creature you control. It phases out until The Moment leaves the battlefield. {3}, {T}: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value less than or equal to the number of time counters on The Moment. Then sacrifice The Moment. Activate only as a sorcery.

{2}, {T}: Target creature you control phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until your next turn.)

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature.

Choose one — • Target player draws a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. • Target creature gains flying until end of turn. • Target creature an opponent controls phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Target artifact, creature, or land phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Flying Whenever King of the Oathbreakers or another Spirit you control becomes the target of a spell, it phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until your next turn.) Whenever King of the Oathbreakers or another Spirit you control phases in, create a tapped 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

You may choose not to untap The Pandorica during your untap step. {1}{W}, {T}: Untap another target nonland permanent, then it phases out. It can't phase in for as long as The Pandorica remains tapped. When The Pandorica becomes untapped or leaves the battlefield, that permanent phases in. Activate only as a sorcery.

At the beginning of your end step, goad up to one target creature you don't control and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This creature phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until your next turn.)

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, creatures that player controls don't untap during the player's next untap step. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)

{U}{U}, {T}: Target creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Sacrifice this creature: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Gallifrey Falls deals 4 damage to each creature. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead. Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.) // Any number of target creatures you control phase out. Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Flash Flying When this creature enters, you may pay {1}{U} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then up to that many other target artifacts, creatures, and/or enchantments phase out.

Enchant creature {U}{U}: Enchanted creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Put a soul counter on this land. Then if there are three or more soul counters on it, remove those counters, transform it, then untap it. Activate only as a sorcery. // Whenever this creature attacks, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. If you do, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of creature cards exiled with this creature. {4}: This creature phases out.

Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.) At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature phases out unless you pay {2}{G}{U}. Whenever this creature phases in, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Prevent all damage that would be dealt by creatures this turn.

Flash Vigilance When this creature enters, any number of other target creatures you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

Choose five. You may choose the same mode more than once. • Target permanent phases out. • Target player draws a card. • Exile target player's graveyard. • Unite the Coalition deals 2 damage to any target. • Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.) When this creature phases out or leaves the battlefield, mill three cards. {U}: Until your next upkeep, this creature can't phase out.

Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the number of creatures attacking you, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Flying {U}{U}: This creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

Flying Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.) Whenever this creature phases out, discard a card. Whenever this creature phases in, draw a card.

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it phases out at end of combat. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

{2}, Sacrifice a snow land: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.) Creatures with flying can't attack or block, and their activated abilities with {T} in their costs can't be activated.

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once. • Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) • Target creature phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.) • Counter target activated or triggered ability.

Choose one — • Target player mills four cards. • Choose a land type and a basic land type. Each land of the first chosen type becomes the second chosen type until end of turn. • Target artifact phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Sacrifice this creature: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses artifact, creature, land, or non-Aura enchantment. All nontoken permanents of that type phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Choose one — • Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. • Regenerate target creature. • Counter target spell that targets you.

When this enchantment enters, target creature phases out until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. Tap that creature as it phases in this way. (Auras and Equipment phase out with it. While permanents are phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist.)