Swooping Protector

MTG singles

Swooping Protector

Creature — Bird Citizen · 2/1

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.)

  • CommanderLegal
  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperNot legal

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Printing and price

Set#ReleasedNonfoilFoil
Streets of New Capenna SNC 33 Apr 2022 $0.23$0.02

TCGplayer market, near mint, Nov 9, 2026.

Rulings

  • 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.

  • "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.

  • 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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