Alchemy: New Capenna (ysnc)
#20 • rare • English • Non-Foil
#20 • rare • English • Non-Foil
Brokers' Safeguard 
Instant
Exile target nonartifact creature you control. It perpetually gains "This creature enters the battlefield with an additional shield counter on it." Then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Illustrated by Borja Pindado
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Legalities
Not Legal
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historicNot Legal
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brawlNot Legal
Rulings
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
2022-04-29 • wotc
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
2022-04-29 • wotc
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.
2022-04-29 • wotc
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
2022-04-29 • wotc
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.
2022-04-29 • wotc
"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.
2022-04-29 • wotc
Alternate Printings
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