---
name: "Shield Broker"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Octopus Advisor"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daniel Ljunggren"
oracle_id: "481234e5-fbfd-46e8-8b9a-a4e708dd2195"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shield-broker-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shield Broker
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Octopus Advisor
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, put a shield counter on target noncommander creature you don't control. You gain control of that creature for as long as it has a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Brokers' Safeguard](/printing/brokers-safeguard-ysnc.md) — Instant
2. [Brokers Veteran](/printing/brokers-veteran-snc.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Hisoka's Guard](/printing/hisokas-guard-chk.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Cloudsculpt Armorer](/printing/cloudsculpt-armorer-yeoe.md) — Creature — Jellyfish Artificer
5. [Contractual Safeguard](/printing/contractual-safeguard-pncc.md) — Instant
6. [Voice of the Vermin](/printing/voice-of-the-vermin-snc.md) — Creature — Human Citizen

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #29
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daniel Ljunggren
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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