Name
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Mana Cost
Type
Creature — Human Soldier
Set
Rise of the Eldrazi
Rarity
Common
Text
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
Flavor Text
"Hold fast the line! Either we stop them here or we wake up in their guts!"
—Tala Vertan, Makindi shieldmate
Power/Toughness
0/3
Number
#46
Other Prints
Secret Lair Drop
Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Pauper | Pauper Commander | Penny | Vintage
Availability
Magic Online | Paper
Rulings
(15/06/2010)
Stalwart Shield-Bearers continually checks which creatures you control have defender and gives the bonus only to them. If an effect causes a creature with defender to lose defender (as Shoal Serpent does), Stalwart Shield-Bearers stops giving it the bonus for as long as it doesn’t have defender. On the other hand, if a spell or ability causes a creature to be able to attack as though it didn’t have defender (as Warmonger’s Chariot does), Stalwart Shield-Bearers continues to give it the bonus because it never actually loses the defender ability.
Artist
Austin Hsu
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