---
name: "Estwald Shieldbasher"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "278"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Wayne Reynolds"
oracle_id: "a9f111aa-5d34-4317-9a03-35cd94a888c7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/estwald-shieldbasher-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Estwald Shieldbasher
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {1}. If you do, it gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

> *The door to her home survived the fires of the Malignus. Now it's her greatest weapon.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hardened Escort](/printing/hardened-escort-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Seasoned Hallowblade](/printing/seasoned-hallowblade-m21.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Consul's Shieldguard](/printing/consuls-shieldguard-kld.md) — Creature — Dwarf Soldier
4. [Adanto Vanguard](/printing/adanto-vanguard-plst.md) — Creature — Vampire Soldier
5. [Iron-Shield Elf](/printing/iron-shield-elf-ecl.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior
6. [Dauntless Bodyguard](/printing/dauntless-bodyguard-plst.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #278
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Wayne Reynolds
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`