MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #8

Protector of the Crown

DIGITAL ONLY

pz2·#8·rare·foil

Illus. Johannes Voss

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '16

9 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #10,974 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.84

Nonfoil$0.84

Gameplay

Creature — Giant Soldier

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to this creature instead.

"I gladly offer my weapon and my life to the glory of my sovereign."

2/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 7

2016-08-23wotc

If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.

2016-08-23wotc

If you control more than one Protector of the Crown, you choose which redirection effect to apply. You can't divide damage dealt by one source. For example, if an attacking creature would deal 6 damage to you and you control two Protectors of the Crown, you may have that damage dealt to either of the Protectors. You can't have 3 damage dealt to each one.

2016-08-23wotc

The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PZ2 — 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 #8 of *Treasure Chest*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2016 Treasure Chest release.

Card type: Creature — Giant Soldier, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {5}{W} (6 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #10,974 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Johannes Voss. Rarix catalogs 469 other cards credited to this artist.