mtg cards like exquisite blood some still willingly traded their lives for a chance at immortality. Here are 5 cards that

Wrap Up Grief | Illustration by Nicholas Gregory Black is the color of selfishness and ruthlessness, a color whose cards reflect the extremes of what someone is willing to do to achieve their goals

(Call was printed in a Modern legal Core Set, in case you wanted to try out this combo in Modern, as an fyi)

You can also activate the ability multiple times and grant a creature protection from multiple colors, as long as you dont start with white or blue, which can make your creatures difficult for opponents to block

The Meathook Massacre and Darksteel Mutation provide some alternative means of removal just in case our other board wipes and counterspells dont do the trick