---
name: "Swooping Protector"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird Citizen"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Flash"]
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "33"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mark Behm"
oracle_id: "094689cc-617a-426e-beb9-3f8de692cd5b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swooping-protector-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Swooping Protector
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Citizen
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
Flying
This creature enters with 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. [Wingshield Agent](/printing/wingshield-agent-snc.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Plumecreed Escort](/printing/plumecreed-escort-blb.md) — Creature — Bird Scout
3. [Plated Pegasus](/printing/plated-pegasus-tsp.md) — Creature — Pegasus
4. [Phantom Flock](/printing/phantom-flock-dmr.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier Spirit
5. [Duskrider Falcon](/printing/duskrider-falcon-wth.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Owlin Shieldmage](/printing/owlin-shieldmage-stx.md) — Creature — Bird Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #33
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mark Behm
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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