Sanctuary Warden
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Flying
This creature enters with two shield counters on it.
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may remove a counter from a creature or planeswalker you control. If you do, draw a card and create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token.
What it does
Tagged as Card draw · Tokens — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Keyword reminders
Official rulings
- 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)
- Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures. (2022-04-29)
- 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)
- Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature. (2022-04-29)
- Sanctuary Warden's triggered ability allows you to remove any kind of counter, not just a shield counter. (2022-04-29)
- "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)
- 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)
Printings & prices
Every set Sanctuary Warden has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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