Shield Broker
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #29 · Rare · Creature — Octopus Advisor
Mana cost: {3}{U}{U}
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.)
Power/toughness 3/4 · Illustrated by Daniel Ljunggren · Released April 29, 2022
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.23 USD · €0.17 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.03 USD (15.0%) to $0.23 USD; low $0.19 USD, high $0.23 USD.
Printings
- Magic Online Promos #99879 (PRM) · Rare · 2024
- Bloomburrow Commander #174 (BLC) · Rare · 2024 · $0.26 USD
- New Capenna Commander #130 (NCC) · Rare · 2022 · $0.41 USD
- New Capenna Commander #29 (this printing) · Rare · 2022 · $0.23 USD
- New Capenna Commander Promos #29p (PNCC) · Rare · 2022 · $2.29 USD foil
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2022-04-29 · wotc — If a permanent that would be dealt damage has more than one shield counter on it, that damage is prevented and only one shield counter is removed.
- 2022-04-29 · wotc — If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
- 2022-04-29 · wotc — Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
- 2022-04-29 · wotc — Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
- 2022-04-29 · wotc — If the creature loses its shield counter during combat, it will be removed from combat when it changes controllers. If it hasn't already assigned combat damage by that time, it won't get to deal combat damage.
- 2022-04-29 · wotc — "Shield" is not an ability that creatures have and shield counters are not keyword counters. If a creature with a shield counter loses its abilities, the shield counter will still protect it as normal.
- 2022-04-29 · wotc — A creature with a shield counter on it may still be destroyed by state-based actions if it has damage marked on it equal to its toughness or has been dealt unpreventable damage by a source with deathtouch.
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