Flying
Sanctuary Warden
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Creature — Angel Soldier
Mana Cost: {4}{W}{W}
Oracle Rules Text: Flying This creature enters with two shield counters on it. Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may remove a counter from a creature or planeswalker you control. If you do, draw a card and create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token.
Set: Streets of New Capenna (#30), Rarity: Mythic, Artist: Johannes Voss
Creature
White
Mythic
Evasion
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (7)
2022-04-29
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
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
2022-04-29
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
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
2022-04-29
Sanctuary Warden's triggered ability allows you to remove any kind of counter, not just a shield counter.
2022-04-29
"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
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.
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