Swooping Protector
Creature — Bird Citizen
Swooping Protector
Creature — Bird Citizen
Card Text
Flash
Flying
This creature enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 4
- Colors
- White
- Color Identity
- White
- Power / Toughness
- 2 / 1
- EDHREC Rank
- #23,227
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (11)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | en | Mark Behm | $0.05 | $0.03 |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | de | Mark Behm | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | es | Mark Behm | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | fr | Mark Behm | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | it | Mark Behm | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | ja | Mark Behm | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | ko | Mark Behm | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | pt | Mark Behm | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | ru | Mark Behm | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | zhs | Mark Behm | — | — |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #33 | uncommon | zht | Mark Behm | — | — |
Official Rulings (6)
"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.
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.
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
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 counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
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