Elspeth Resplendent

Mana Value

5

Rarity

mythic

Elspeth Resplendent

Legendary Planeswalker โ€” Elspeth

{3}{W}{W}
Color Identity: W

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. โˆ’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. โˆ’7: Create five 3/3 white Angel creature tokens with flying.

Set

Streets of New Capenna

(SNC)

EDHREC Rank

#4,899

Commander Legal

โœ“ Can be your Commander

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.

Wotc โ€” April 29, 2022

Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.

Wotc โ€” April 29, 2022

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

Wotc โ€” April 29, 2022

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.

Wotc โ€” April 29, 2022

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

Wotc โ€” April 29, 2022

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.

Wotc โ€” April 29, 2022

โ€œShieldโ€ 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.

Wotc โ€” April 29, 2022

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