Contractual Safeguard

#14p

Instant

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.

Legalities

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Rulings (7)

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 “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 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 Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
2022-04-29 If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may choose the shield counter for the second part of the spell.

Frame: 2015
Promo: Yes
Finish: foil
Rarity: rare
Promo Types: promopack, stamped
Border Color: black