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Legalities
| Brawl | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel | Legal |
| Explorer | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Artist | Anna Steinbauer |
| Card Type | Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth |
| Card Set | Streets of New Capenna |
| Rarity | Mythic |
| Mana Cost | |
| Loyalty | 5 |
| Is Promo? | No |
| Has Foil? | Yes |
| Online Only? | No |
| Frame Version | 2015 |
| Border Color | Black |
| Card Number | 11 |
| Oversized? | No |
| Joke Card? | No |
| Reprint? | No |
| In Starter? | No |
| Time Shifted? | No |
| Subtypes | Elspeth |
| Supertypes | Legendary |
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Card Text
[+1]: Choose up to one target creature. Put a +1/+1 counter and a counter from among flying, first strike, lifelink, or vigilance on it.
[−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.
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Card Rulings
2022-04-29A 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.
2022-04-29For 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.
2022-04-29If 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.
2022-04-29If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
2022-04-29Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
2022-04-29Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
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.