---
name: "Protective Parents"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Peasant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Role token"]
set: "WOE"
set_name: "Wilds of Eldraine"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matt Stewart"
oracle_id: "d9717522-358b-41ac-9183-8a6b3981f921"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/protective-parents-woe"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Protective Parents
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Peasant
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Role token

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, create a Young Hero Role token attached to up to one target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature attacks, if its toughness is 3 or less, put a +1/+1 counter on it.")

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Embereth Veteran](/printing/embereth-veteran-woe.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Merry Bards](/printing/merry-bards-woe.md) — Creature — Human Bard
3. [Basri's Lieutenant](/printing/basris-lieutenant-m21.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Protector of Gondor](/printing/protector-of-gondor-ltr.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Guarded Heir](/printing/guarded-heir-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Noble
6. [Cut In](/printing/cut-in-woe.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Wilds of Eldraine (WOE) #24
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matt Stewart
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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