Contractual Safeguard

Name
Contractual Safeguard

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
New Capenna Commander

Rarity
Rare

Text

Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a shield counter on a creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Choose a kind of counter on a creature you control. Put a counter of that kind on each other creature you control.


Number
#14

Other Prints
New Capenna Commander Promos

Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Oathbreaker | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(29/04/2022)
“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.


(29/04/2022)
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.


(29/04/2022)
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.


(29/04/2022)
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.


(29/04/2022)
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.


(29/04/2022)
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.


(29/04/2022)
If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may choose the shield counter for the second part of the spell.


Artist
Gaboleps

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