Sanctuary Warden
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$1.29
Cardmarket€1.07
ManaPool$0.60
TCGplayer$1.37
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Card Kingdom$0.17
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This printing
SetSNC
Collector #30
Released2022-04-29
Raritymythic
ArtistJohannes Voss
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Sanctuary Warden

MythicColour IDMV 6
Creature — Angel Soldier
Flying
This creature enters with two shield counters on it.
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may remove a counter from a creature or planeswalker you control. If you do, draw a card and create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token.
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Keywords
Flying
Card capabilities
Card drawCreature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
4 other English printingsEarliest 2022-04-29Newest 2022-04-29Cheapest priced $1.21 in SNC
Rulings (7)
wotc29 Apr 2022
"Shield" 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.
wotc29 Apr 2022
Sanctuary Warden's triggered ability allows you to remove any kind of counter, not just a shield counter.
wotc29 Apr 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.
wotc29 Apr 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.
wotc29 Apr 2022
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
wotc29 Apr 2022
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.