The vote happens as the ability resolves. Until this happens, Council Guardian doesn't have protection from any color. Spells and abilities may target Council Guardian as normal in response to its enters-the-battlefield ability, but not in response to the vote. Once players have started voting, it's too late to respond.
The phrase "the vote is tied" refers only to when there is more than one choice that received the most votes. For example, if a 5-player vote from among three different choices ends 3 votes to 1 vote to 1 vote, the vote isn't tied.
You must vote for one of the available options. You can't abstain.
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This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from CNS — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #15 of *Conspiracy*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2014 Conspiracy release.
Card type: Creature — Giant Soldier, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {5}{W} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Will of the council.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #17,342 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Volkan Baǵa. Rarix catalogs 998 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Volkan Baǵa
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No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
Players can't do anything after they finish voting but before the spell or ability that included the vote finishes resolving.
Because the votes are cast in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
If Council Guardian is not on the battlefield when its ability resolves, the vote will still take place; it simply won't have any effect. However, cards that care about voting (for example, Grudge Keeper) will still see the vote.
