Elspeth Resplendent Price
8 printings · 4 sets · first printed 2022
Elspeth Resplendent has been printed 8 times across 4 sets, first in 2022 and most recently in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is Streets of New Capenna #341 at $4.79, while the most expensive is Planeswalker Championship Promos #2023-1 at $48.42 — about 10× more. The median across 7 priced printings is $6.66. Reprint risk: LOW — Reprinted 8x historically, most recently in 2023 -- no dedicated reprint sets or recent activity.
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Every Elspeth Resplendent Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streets of New Capenna #341 (M) Cheapest | 2022 | $4.79 | $4.00 |
| Streets of New Capenna Promos #11p (M) | 2022 | $5.49 | $3.00 |
| Streets of New Capenna #11 (M) | 2022 | $5.52 | $4.00 |
| Streets of New Capenna #282 (M) | 2022 | $6.66 | $5.50 |
| Streets of New Capenna #441 (M) Foil | 2022 | $17.04 | — |
| Streets of New Capenna Promos #11s (M) Foil | 2022 | $24.94 | $5.00 foil |
| Planeswalker Championship Promos #2023-1 (M) Foil | 2023 | $48.42 | — |
| Magic Online Promos #99685 (M) | 2022 | — | — |
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−3: Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a permanent card with mana value 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield with a shield counter on it. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
−7: Create five 3/3 white Angel creature tokens with flying.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 8 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
7 PrecedentsRemoving a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
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.
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.
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
For Elspeth's first ability, its controller chooses flying, first strike, lifelink, or vigilance, then that counter and the +1/+1 counter are placed on the target creature at the same time.
“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.