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.

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.

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.)

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 damage that would be dealt this turn by non-Human sources.

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.)

You gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. 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.)

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.)

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.

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

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.)

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.)

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) 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 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.)

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

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.)

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.

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

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.)

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.)

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.)

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 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.

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.

{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.)

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.

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

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

{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.)

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.)

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

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.)

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.

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.) 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.

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.)

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.)

{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.

Flying {1}{U}: This creature's owner shuffles it into their library. If that player does, they reveal cards from the top of that library until a card named Mirror-Mad Phantasm is revealed. The player puts that card onto the battlefield and all other cards revealed this way into their graveyard.

Choose target opponent. Until that player's next turn, they gain protection from everything and their life total can't change. All nonland permanents they control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before that player untaps during their next untap step.) Exile Teferi's Reproach.

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

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.

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.)

{2}, Sacrifice a snow land: 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 out, discard a card. Whenever this creature phases in, draw a card.

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.

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.)

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.

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.