Shield of the Righteous
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SetARB
Collector #11
Released2009-04-30
Rarityuncommon
ArtistDavid Palumbo
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Shield of the Righteous

UncommonColour IDMV 2
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +0/+2 and has vigilance.
Whenever equipped creature blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
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Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (3)
wotc1 May 2009
When the equipped creature blocks a creature, Shield of the Righteous’s second ability doesn’t tap the blocked creature (in case it happens to be untapped due to vigilance, for example). It just causes that creature to not untap during its controller’s next untap step.
wotc1 May 2009
Shield of the Righteous’s second ability doesn’t track the blocked creature’s controller. If that creature changes controllers before its old controller’s next untap step, this ability will prevent it from untapping during its new controller’s next untap step.
wotc1 May 2009
If the blocked creature is already untapped at the time its controller’s next untap step begins, this ability has no effect. It won’t apply at some later time when that creature is tapped.