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Sanctuary Warden

Creature — Angel Soldier |
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Sanctuary Warden

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Live Value $1.96
Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)
Reprint Profile:
Printed 5 times LOW

Reprinted 5x historically, most recently in 2022 -- no dedicated reprint sets or recent activity.

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Dealer Buylist:
$0.95
Buy/Sell Spread:
vs $2.79 retail 66% WIDE

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Rarity
mythic
Set Origin
Daily Shift
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EDHREC Rank
#7,839
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Creature — Angel Soldier
Color Identity White
Power / Toughness 5 / 5
🖋️ Curator's Notes
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.
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Official Judge Precedents

7 Precedents

If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.

Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.

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.

Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.

Sanctuary Warden's triggered ability allows you to remove any kind of counter, not just a shield counter.

"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.

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.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2022-04-29
Artist Reference: Johannes Voss
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil
Promo Status promopack • Date-Stamped
Edition Status Reprint

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh not_legal
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