Contractual Safeguard

New Capenna Commander • #115 • rare

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Live Value $3.47

Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)

Reprint Profile:

Printed 3 times HIGH RISK

Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like New Capenna Commander.

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Dealer Buylist:

$1.35

Buy/Sell Spread:

vs $2.99 retail 55% NORMAL

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🗂️ Alternative Printings

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Contractual Safeguard

New Capenna Commander • #115 • rare

Current Valuation

$3.47

30-Day Market Trend

Rarity

rare

Set Origin

NCC

Daily Shift

0.00%

EDHREC Rank

#9,587

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Instant

Color Identity White

🖋️ Curator's Notes

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.

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Official Judge Precedents

7 Precedents

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.

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 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

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.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 2022-04-29

Set Name: New Capenna Commander

Artist Reference: Gaboleps

Border Profile: black

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