---
name: "Spara's Bodyguard"
mana_cost: "{G}{W}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Rhino Warrior"
colors: ["G", "U", "W"]
color_identity: ["G", "U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "YSNC"
set_name: "Alchemy: New Capenna"
collector_number: "28"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Ilse Gort"
oracle_id: "c3ea054e-018a-4870-bb87-d8dd08834bfd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sparas-bodyguard-ysnc"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spara's Bodyguard
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}{W}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Rhino Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
When Spara's Bodyguard enters the battlefield, you may choose a creature card in your hand. If you do, it perpetually gains "This creature enters the battlefield with an additional shield counter on it." Otherwise, put a shield counter on Spara's Bodyguard. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
At the beginning of each combat, Spara's Bodyguard gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each shield counter among other creatures you control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dapper Shieldmate](/printing/dapper-shieldmate-snc.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Perrie, the Pulverizer](/printing/perrie-the-pulverizer-ncc.md) — Legendary Creature — Rhino Soldier
3. [Rhox Pummeler](/printing/rhox-pummeler-snc.md) — Creature — Rhino Soldier
4. [Proud Pack-Rhino](/printing/proud-pack-rhino-mh3.md) — Creature — Rhino
5. [Tyrant Guard](/printing/tyrant-guard-40k.md) — Creature — Tyranid
6. [Voice of the Vermin](/printing/voice-of-the-vermin-snc.md) — Creature — Human Citizen

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: New Capenna (YSNC) #28
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Ilse Gort

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