cards that protect artifacts mtg Rune of Protection: Lands, Artifacts, Green, Red, Black, Blue, and White from Urza's Saga (1998). Who remembers the old school days of MtG, where janky white decks, the worst color back then prevent that damage. I'm confused as to what

Free counterspells keep the format balanced and reward smart hand management

22%inclusion 21%synergy 83 decks 386 decks Mob Verdict 19%inclusion 19%synergy 68 decks 357 decks Prisoner's Dilemma 19%inclusion 18%synergy 68 decks 357 decks Their Name Is Death 18%inclusion 17%synergy 69 decks 386 decks Doomsday Confluence 17%inclusion 17%synergy 66 decks 386 decks Plea for Power 16%inclusion 15%synergy 56 decks 356 decks Tyrant's Choice 15%inclusion 15%synergy 57 decks 386 decks Thoughtcast 15%inclusion 11%synergy 52 decks 356 decks Vandalblast 14%inclusion -1%synergy 51 decks 357 decks Promise of Loyalty 14%inclusion 10%synergy 3 decks 22 decks Capital Punishment 13%inclusion 13%synergy 50 decks 386 decks One with the Machine 13%inclusion 12%synergy 46 decks 356 decks Seize the Spotlight 13%inclusion 11%synergy 45 decks 357 decks Sadistic Shell Game 12%inclusion 11%synergy 46 decks 386 decks Expropriate 12%inclusion 10%synergy 41 decks 356 decks Toxic Deluge 11%inclusion -7%synergy 43 decks 386 decks Bite of the Black Rose 11%inclusion 10%synergy 41 decks 386 decks Make an Example 8.3%inclusion 8%synergy 32 decks 386 decks Reanimate 8.3%inclusion -11%synergy 32 decks 386 decks Ponder 7.6%inclusion -4%synergy 27 decks 356 decks Quantum Misalignment 7.0%inclusion 5%synergy 25 decks 356 decks Preordain 6.7%inclusion -2%synergy 24 decks 356 decks March of Progress 6.5%inclusion 6%synergy 23 decks 356 decks Boltwave 6.4%inclusion 4%synergy 23 decks 357 decks Syphon Mind 6.2%inclusion 3%synergy 24 decks 386 decks Choice of Damnations 6.0%inclusion 6%synergy 23 decks 386 decks Windfall 5.6%inclusion -6%synergy 20 decks 356 decks Wheel of Misfortune 5.6%inclusion 3%synergy 20 decks 357 decks Faithless Looting 5.6%inclusion -10%synergy 20 decks 357 decks Fateful Tempest 5.6%inclusion 5%synergy 10 decks 179 decks Disrupt Decorum 5.0%inclusion 2%synergy 18 decks 357 decks Utility Artifacts Midnight Crusader Shuttle 31%inclusion 31%synergy 122 decks 397 decks Geth's Grimoire 29%inclusion 28%synergy 115 decks 397 decks Swiftfoot Boots 26%inclusion -1%synergy 102 decks 397 decks Entropic Battlecruiser 25%inclusion 24%synergy 95 decks 385 decks Demonic Junker 23%inclusion 22%synergy 88 decks 386 decks Reaver Titan 21%inclusion 21%synergy 84 decks 397 decks Weatherlight 19%inclusion 18%synergy 75 decks 397 decks Cybership 17%inclusion 17%synergy 68 decks 397 decks The Regalia 15%inclusion 14%synergy 58 decks 397 decks Wayfarer's Bauble 13%inclusion 6%synergy 53 decks 397 decks Strionic Resonator 13%inclusion 11%synergy 52 decks 397 decks Simulacrum Synthesizer 13%inclusion 11%synergy 46 decks 356 decks Unwinding Clock 12%inclusion 10%synergy 49 decks 397 decks Nautiloid Ship 12%inclusion 11%synergy 47 decks 397 decks Thunderhawk Gunship 12%inclusion 11%synergy 46 decks 397 decks The Fire Nation Drill 11%inclusion 10%synergy 34 decks 311 decks Mirrorworks 9.3%inclusion 9%synergy 37 decks 397 decks RMS Titanic 9.2%inclusion 9%synergy 33 decks 357 decks Coercive Portal 8.8%inclusion 9%synergy 35 decks 397 decks Knight Paladin 7.8%inclusion 8%synergy 31 decks 397 decks Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 7.8%inclusion 7%synergy 31 decks 397 decks Brotherhood Vertibird 7.3%inclusion 7%synergy 29 decks 397 decks The Indomitable 7.0%inclusion 6%synergy 25 decks 356 decks Possession Engine 6.5%inclusion 6%synergy 23 decks 356 decks Thopter Fabricator 6.5%inclusion 6%synergy 23 decks 356 decks Jackdaw 6.3%inclusion 5%synergy 21 decks 331 decks The Falcon, Airship Restored 6.2%inclusion 6%synergy 24 decks 386 decks Darksteel Forge 5.8%inclusion 5%synergy 23 decks 397 decks Sculpting Steel 5.3%inclusion 3%synergy 21 decks 397 decks N'Yami-Class Mother Ship 5.3%inclusion 5%synergy 6 decks 114 decks Hulldrifter 5.1%inclusion 5%synergy 18 decks 356 decks Maskwood Nexus 5.0%inclusion 2%synergy 20 decks 397 decks Enchantments Waste Not 37%inclusion 35%synergy 144 decks 386 decks Ghostly Prison 36%inclusion 25%synergy 8 decks 22 decks Genesis of the Daleks 30%inclusion 30%synergy 116 decks 386 decks Thopter Spy Network 29%inclusion 26%synergy 103 decks 356 decks Propaganda 28%inclusion 13%synergy 99 decks 356 decks Fight or Flight 23%inclusion 23%synergy 5 decks 22 decks Trial of a Time Lord 23%inclusion 22%synergy 5 decks 22 decks Liliana's Caress 21%inclusion 20%synergy 82 decks 386 decks Mechanized Production 21%inclusion 18%synergy 75 decks 356 decks Megrim 21%inclusion 19%synergy 80 decks 386 decks Vault 11: Voter's Dilemma 20%inclusion 20%synergy 4 decks 20 decks Tenuous Truce 18%inclusion 17%synergy 4 decks 22 decks Painful Quandary 17%inclusion 14%synergy 65 decks 386 decks Teleportation Circle 14%inclusion 10%synergy 3 decks 22 decks Reconnaissance 14%inclusion 10%synergy 3 decks 22 decks Wound Reflection 12%inclusion 10%synergy 45 decks 386 decks Death in Heaven 11%inclusion 11%synergy 43 decks 386 decks Court of Ambition 11%inclusion 10%synergy 43 decks 386 decks Raiders' Wake 11%inclusion 10%synergy 42 decks 386 decks The Toymaker's Trap 10%inclusion 10%synergy 40 decks 386 decks Blink 10%inclusion 9%synergy 33 decks 347 decks Black Market Connections 9.1%inclusion -3%synergy 35 decks 386 decks Phyrexian Arena 8.0%inclusion -7%synergy 31 decks 386 decks Storm the Vault 7.6%inclusion 6%synergy 25 decks 331 decks Artificer Class 7.3%inclusion 6%synergy 26 decks 356 decks The Sound of Drums 7.0%inclusion 6%synergy 25 decks 357 decks Archnemesis 6.9%inclusion 5%synergy 7 decks 102 decks Mystic Remora 6.7%inclusion -9%synergy 24 decks 356 decks Descent into Avernus 5.6%inclusion 2%synergy 20 decks 357 decks Protection Racket 5.2%inclusion 5%synergy 20 decks 386 decks Pain Magnification 5.1%inclusion 5%synergy 18 decks 353 decks Planeswalkers Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge 17%inclusion 15%synergy 59 decks 347 decks Daretti, Scrap Savant 10%inclusion 8%synergy 34 decks 357 decks Utility Lands Reliquary Tower 50%inclusion 20%synergy 199 decks 397 decks Seat of the Synod 30%inclusion 23%synergy 108 decks 356 decks Great Furnace 28%inclusion 22%synergy 100 decks 357 decks Bojuka Bog 27%inclusion -3%synergy 105 decks 386 decks Vault of Whispers 25%inclusion 21%synergy 98 decks 386 decks Academy Ruins 20%inclusion 15%synergy 72 decks 356 decks Inventors' Fair 16%inclusion 13%synergy 65 decks 397 decks Uthros, Titanic Godcore 16%inclusion 13%synergy 58 decks 356 decks Creeping Tar Pit 15%inclusion 12%synergy 51 decks 347 decks Temple of the False God 13%inclusion 4%synergy 52 decks 397 decks Rogue's Passage 13%inclusion -7%synergy 51 decks 397 decks Archway of Innovation 12%inclusion 9%synergy 43 decks 356 decks Buried Ruin 12%inclusion 7%synergy 47 decks 397 decks Darksteel Citadel 12%inclusion 8%synergy 46 decks 397 decks Ominous Cemetery 10%inclusion 10%synergy 39 decks 397 decks Lavaclaw Reaches 8.8%inclusion 8%synergy 31 decks 353 decks Otawara, Soaring City 7.3%inclusion -9%synergy 26 decks 356 decks Urza's Saga 6.3%inclusion -1%synergy 25 decks 397 decks Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 6.3%inclusion -3%synergy 25 decks 397 decks Trenzalore Clocktower 5.9%inclusion 5%synergy 21 decks 356 decks Mana Artifacts Sol Ring 88%inclusion 4%synergy 348 decks 397 decks Arcane Signet 82%inclusion 10%synergy 324 decks 397 decks Talisman of Dominance 51%inclusion 19%synergy 177 decks 347 decks Talisman of Indulgence 48%inclusion 20%synergy 169 decks 353 decks Thought Vessel 41%inclusion 23%synergy 161 decks 397 decks Talisman of Creativity 40%inclusion 12%synergy 132 decks 331 decks Talisman of Conviction 38%inclusion 13%synergy 3 decks 8 decks Talisman of Hierarchy 35%inclusion 8%synergy 7 decks 20 decks Talisman of Progress 31%inclusion 6%synergy 5 decks 16 decks Fellwar Stone 25%inclusion 5%synergy 101 decks 397 decks Dimir Signet 23%inclusion -0%synergy 80 decks 347 decks Mind Stone 20%inclusion 7%synergy 81 decks 397 decks Orzhov Signet 20%inclusion -2%synergy 4 decks 20 decks Rakdos Signet 20%inclusion -4%synergy 69 decks 353 decks Izzet Signet 19%inclusion -3%synergy 64 decks 331 decks Azorius Signet 19%inclusion -1%synergy 3 decks 16 decks Commander's Sphere 19%inclusion 8%synergy 74 decks 397 decks Relic of Sauron 18%inclusion 10%synergy 59 decks 329 decks Model of Unity 10%inclusion 10%synergy 41 decks 397 decks Laser Screwdriver 10%inclusion 9%synergy 38 decks 397 decks Cursed Mirror 9.0%inclusion 3%synergy 32 decks 357 decks Chromatic Lantern 7.3%inclusion -1%synergy 29 decks 397 decks Thran Dynamo 5.5%inclusion 1%synergy 22 decks 397 decks Cultivator's Caravan 5.3%inclusion 5%synergy 21 decks 397 decks Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass 5.1%inclusion 3%synergy 18 decks 356 decks Midnight Clock 5.1%inclusion 1%synergy 18 decks 356 decks The Soul Stone 5.1%inclusion 1%synergy 19 decks 376 decks Lands Command Tower 90%inclusion 16%synergy 358 decks 397 decks Crumbling Necropolis 68%inclusion 41%synergy 224 decks 329 decks Savage Lands 67%inclusion 45%synergy 4 decks 6 decks Mystic Monastery 67%inclusion 39%synergy 4 decks 6 decks Exotic Orchard 58%inclusion 21%synergy 230 decks 397 decks Nomad Outpost 57%inclusion 29%synergy 4 decks 7 decks Dragonskull Summit 57%inclusion 21%synergy 200 decks 353 decks Drowned Catacomb 51%inclusion 22%synergy 178 decks 347 decks Seaside Citadel 50%inclusion 24%synergy 3 decks 6 decks Arcane Sanctum 50%inclusion 23%synergy 7 decks 14 decks Cinder Glade 50%inclusion 12%synergy 3 decks 6 decks Temple Garden 50%inclusion 10%synergy 3 decks 6 decks Stormcarved Coast 49%inclusion 29%synergy 162 decks 331 decks Smoldering Marsh 46%inclusion 13%synergy 164 decks 353 decks Sunken Hollow 46%inclusion 13%synergy 160 decks 347 decks Godless Shrine 45%inclusion 3%synergy 9 decks 20 decks Sulfur Falls 43%inclusion 7%synergy 142 decks 331 decks Watery Grave 42%inclusion 0%synergy 147 decks 347 decks Shipwreck Marsh 41%inclusion 24%synergy 144 decks 347 decks Xander's Lounge 38%inclusion 15%synergy 124 decks 329 decks Haunted Ridge 38%inclusion 21%synergy 133 decks 353 decks Prairie Stream 38%inclusion 5%synergy 6 decks 16 decks Woodland Cemetery 38%inclusion 4%synergy 3 decks 8 decks Glacial Fortress 38%inclusion 3%synergy 6 decks 16 decks Hallowed Fountain 38%inclusion -3%synergy 6 decks 16 decks Blood Crypt 36%inclusion -3%synergy 127 decks 353 decks Steam Vents 33%inclusion -7%synergy 108 decks 331 decks Isolated Chapel 30%inclusion -5%synergy 6 decks 20 decks Temple of Deceit 29%inclusion 15%synergy 100 decks 347 decks Raffine's Tower 29%inclusion 5%synergy 4 decks 14 decks Temple of Epiphany 28%inclusion 12%synergy 92 decks 331 decks Path of Ancestry 26%inclusion 4%synergy 105 decks 397 decks Darkwater Catacombs 26%inclusion 12%synergy 91 decks 347 decks Training Center 26%inclusion 2%synergy 86 decks 331 decks Luxury Suite 26%inclusion 2%synergy 91 decks 353 decks Temple of Malice 25%inclusion 13%synergy 89 decks 353 decks Choked Estuary 25%inclusion 10%synergy 87 decks 347 decks Vault of Champions 25%inclusion 2%synergy 5 decks 20 decks Sea of Clouds 25%inclusion 1%synergy 4 decks 16 decks Shadowblood Ridge 24%inclusion 12%synergy 85 decks 353 decks Shivan Reef 24%inclusion -6%synergy 78 decks 331 decks Morphic Pool 23%inclusion -0%synergy 81 decks 347 decks Terramorphic Expanse 22%inclusion 8%synergy 89 decks 397 decks Foreboding Ruins 22%inclusion 7%synergy 76 decks 353 decks Bloodstained Mire 21%inclusion 10%synergy 84 decks 397 decks Frostboil Snarl 21%inclusion 6%synergy 68 decks 331 decks Silverbluff Bridge 20%inclusion 15%synergy 67 decks 331 decks Sulfurous Springs 20%inclusion -4%synergy 71 decks 353 decks Shadowy Backstreet 20%inclusion 10%synergy 4 decks 20 decks Orzhov Basilica 20%inclusion 7%synergy 4 decks 20 decks

Lets start with summons

Commander's Sphere and Arcane Signet along with Azorius Signet and Talisman of Progress help you to generate mana and fix your colors, which isnt a huge concern in 2-color slow decks