Contractual Safeguard
Instant
Contractual Safeguard
Instant
Card Text
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a shield counter on a creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Choose a kind of counter on a creature you control. Put a counter of that kind on each other creature you control.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- White
- Color Identity
- White
- EDHREC Rank
- #9,067
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (16)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #14 | rare | en | Gaboleps | $1.16 | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #115 | rare | en | Gaboleps | $3.59 | — |
| New Capenna Commander Promos (PNCC) | #14p | rare | en | Gaboleps | — | $15.46 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #14 | rare | de | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #115 | rare | de | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #14 | rare | es | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #14 | rare | fr | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #115 | rare | fr | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #14 | rare | it | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #14 | rare | ja | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #115 | rare | ja | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #14 | rare | pt | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #14 | rare | ru | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #14 | rare | zhs | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #115 | rare | zhs | Gaboleps | — | — |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) | #14 | rare | zht | Gaboleps | — | — |
Official Rulings (7)
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
“Shield” is not an ability that creatures have and shield counters are not keyword counters. If a creature with a shield counter loses its abilities, the shield counter will still protect it as normal.
A creature with a shield counter on it may still be destroyed by state-based actions if it has damage marked on it equal to its toughness or has been dealt unpreventable damage by a source with deathtouch.
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may choose the shield counter for the second part of the spell.
If a permanent that would be dealt damage has more than one shield counter on it, that damage is prevented and only one shield counter is removed.
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
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