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New Capenna Commander (NCC) #59 · Rare · Enchantment

Mana cost: {2}{G}

Whenever you attack, put a shield counter on target attacking creature. Until end of turn, it gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, remove a shield counter from it. If you do, draw a card." (If a creature with a shield counter on it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

Illustrated by Alexander Mokhov · Released April 29, 2022

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.01 USD (0.5%) to $2.07 USD; low $2.07 USD, high $2.21 USD.

Printings

  1. New Capenna Commander #159 (NCC) · Rare · 2022 · $3.14 USD
  2. New Capenna Commander #59 (this printing) · Rare · 2022 · $2.07 USD
  3. New Capenna Commander Promos #59p (PNCC) · Rare · 2022 · $12.73 USD foil

Legality

Rulings

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 2022-04-29 · wotc — Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
  5. 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.
  6. 2022-04-29 · wotc — If the attacking creature loses its last shield counter at the same time it deals combat damage to a player (for example, if the attacking creature has trample and would be dealt damage by a blocker), then you will not be able to pay the cost of removing a counter when the triggered ability resolves.
  7. 2022-04-29 · wotc — Neither the triggered ability that puts a shield counter on a target attacking creature nor the triggered ability that removes a shield counter from it are optional.
  8. 2022-04-29 · wotc — Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.

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