Elspeth Resplendent
Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
Elspeth Resplendent
Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
Card Text
+1: Choose up to one target creature. Put a +1/+1 counter and a counter from among flying, first strike, lifelink, or vigilance on it.
−3: Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a permanent card with mana value 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield with a shield counter on it. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
−7: Create five 3/3 white Angel creature tokens with flying.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 5
- Colors
- White
- Color Identity
- White
- Loyalty
- 5
- EDHREC Rank
- #4,967
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (38)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) | #99685 | mythic | en | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | en | Krharts | $3.95 | $6.54 |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | en | Tom Roberts | $5.52 | $8.28 |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | en | Anna Steinbauer | $4.28 | $4.66 |
| Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) | #11p | mythic | en | Anna Steinbauer | $5.33 | $5.49 |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #441 | mythic | en | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) | #11s | mythic | en | Anna Steinbauer | — | $5.39 |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | de | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | de | Anna Steinbauer | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | de | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | es | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | es | Anna Steinbauer | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | es | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | fr | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | fr | Anna Steinbauer | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | fr | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | it | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | it | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | it | Anna Steinbauer | — | — |
| Planeswalker Championship Promos (PWCS) | #2023-1 | mythic | ja | Areku Nishiki | — | $46.09 |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | ja | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | ja | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | ja | Anna Steinbauer | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | ko | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | ko | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | ko | Anna Steinbauer | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | pt | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | pt | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | pt | Anna Steinbauer | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | ru | Anna Steinbauer | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | ru | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | ru | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | zhs | Anna Steinbauer | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | zhs | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | zhs | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #282 | mythic | zht | Tom Roberts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #341 | mythic | zht | Krharts | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #11 | mythic | zht | Anna Steinbauer | — | — |
Official Rulings (7)
For Elspeth's first ability, its controller chooses flying, first strike, lifelink, or vigilance, then that counter and the +1/+1 counter are placed on the target creature at the same time.
“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.
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
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.
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.
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
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