MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #99879

Shield Broker

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#99879·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Daniel Ljunggren

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #10,254 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.34

Nonfoil$0.34

Gameplay

Creature — Octopus Advisor

When this creature enters, put a shield counter on target noncommander creature you don't control. You gain control of that creature for as long as it has a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

3/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 7

2022-04-29wotc

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.

2022-04-29wotc

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

2022-04-29wotc

Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.

2022-04-29

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PRM — 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 #99879 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the November 2024 Magic Online release.

Card type: Creature — Octopus Advisor, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{U}{U} (5 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #10,254 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Daniel Ljunggren. Rarix catalogs 792 other cards credited to this artist.