Swooping Protector
Card Information
Type: Creature — Bird Citizen
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Streets of New Capenna (SNC)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 33
Oracle 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.)
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- April 29, 2022
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.
Source: wotc - April 29, 2022
"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.
Source: wotc - April 29, 2022
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.
Source: wotc - April 29, 2022
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
Source: wotc - April 29, 2022
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
Source: wotc - April 29, 2022
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
Source: wotc
Price History
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