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Defense Matrix

SpellNeutral

Give ANY character Shield.

Defense Matrix, spell: official Origins TCG card, art by Don Flores, © Koin Games1

Collectible card

Art by Don Flores

M&L #027

Card art © Koin Games

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Defense Matrix

Defense Matrix is a spell in Origins TCG, the digital card game by Koin Games. It costs 1 mana and is Neutral. It is a playable card (checked in the game on September 22, 2026). It appears in 19 of the 82 decks published on OriginsMeta.

SpellCommonNeutral

Official game text

Give ANY character Shield.

ShieldBuff

Origin of the legend

A protective spell with no single legend behind it.

Decks with Defense Matrix

Decks with votes first, by rating, then the newest. How often a card is played is popularity, not a win rate: Most played cards →

7 more decks with this card are in the list of all decks. All decks →

Official Koin Games numbers

In the Crimson Cup

  • AMER #2: in 21.2% of the decks submitted (189), 16th of the 20 most played cards.
  • AMER #1: in 22.1% of the decks submitted (160), 14th of the 20 most played cards.

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Often in the same deck

Cards found with Defense Matrix in at least 2 of its 19 published decks.

In brief

Is Defense Matrix playable in Origins TCG?
Yes: it is one of the 122 cards in the game's collection, checked on September 22, 2026, so you can put it in a deck in the deck builder.
Has a patch changed Defense Matrix?
No: none of the patches since 0.6.1 (August 14, 2026) changed its stats or its text.
Which cards are often in the same deck as Defense Matrix?
The cards found most often in its 19 published decks: Mind Palace (in 14 of 19), Sandman (in 12 of 19) and Glinda (in 10 of 19).

Build a deck with this card

One Legendary plus 12 different base cards, two copies of each: 25 cards. The deck builder is free and needs no account.

Deck builder

Same saga: Other

Costs, stats, alignments and texts of the playable cards were checked in the game, in English, Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Russian; balance changes come from the official patch notes, and the 0.8 patch notes of 27 October 2026 (Early Access) list no card changes. Created and removed cards are not in the game's collection, so they have not been checked in the game. Card text © Koin Games. Sagas, origin notes and the Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Russian text of created and removed cards are by OriginsMeta.