Protector of the Crown magic the gathering card art
Conspiracy: Take the Crown (cn2)
#21rare English Foil

Protector of the Crown
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Creature — Giant Soldier

When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to this creature instead.

Illustrated by Johannes Voss
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Legalities
Not Legal
standard
Not Legal
historic
Not Legal
pioneer
Not Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Not Legal
pauper
Legal
vintage
Legal
Commander
Not Legal
brawl
Not Legal
alchemy
Rulings
Protector of the Crown's last ability doesn't depend on you being the monarch. It will create a redirection effect even if an opponent is the monarch.
2016-08-23wotc
Applying this redirection effect doesn't change whether the damage is combat damage.
2016-08-23wotc
If you control more than one Protector of the Crown, you choose which redirection effect to apply. You can't divide damage dealt by one source. For example, if an attacking creature would deal 6 damage to you and you control two Protectors of the Crown, you may have that damage dealt to either of the Protectors. You can't have 3 damage dealt to each one.
2016-08-23wotc
The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
2016-08-23wotc
Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
2016-08-23wotc
Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.
2016-08-23wotc
If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
2016-08-23wotc


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