Elspeth Resplendent
Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) #11p · Mythic · Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
Mana cost: {3}{W}{W}
+1: Choose up to one target creature. Put a +1/+1 counter and a counter from among flying, first strike, lifelink, or vigilance on it.
−3: Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a permanent card with mana value 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield with a shield counter on it. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
−7: Create five 3/3 white Angel creature tokens with flying.
Loyalty 5 · Illustrated by Anna Steinbauer · Released April 29, 2022
Prices
- Nonfoil: $5.49 USD · €3.66 EUR
- Foil: $5.84 USD · €3.90 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.04 USD (0.7%) to $5.49 USD; low $5.49 USD, high $5.53 USD.
Printings
- Magic Online Promos #99685 (PRM) · Mythic · 2022
- Streets of New Capenna Promos #11p (this printing) · Mythic · 2022 · $5.49 USD
- Streets of New Capenna Promos #11s (PSNC) · Mythic · 2022 · $24.94 USD foil
- Streets of New Capenna #11 (SNC) · Mythic · 2022 · $5.53 USD
- Streets of New Capenna #282 (SNC) · Mythic · 2022 · $6.66 USD
- Streets of New Capenna #341 (SNC) · Mythic · 2022 · $4.79 USD
- Streets of New Capenna #441 (SNC) · Mythic · 2022 · $17.04 USD etched
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2022-04-29 · wotc — Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
- 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 — 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.
- 2022-04-29 · wotc — Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
- 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 — For Elspeth's first ability, its controller chooses flying, first strike, lifelink, or vigilance, then that counter and the +1/+1 counter are placed on the target creature at the same time.
- 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.
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