Contractual Safeguard
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Contractual Safeguard {2}{W}

Instant · Rare · New Capenna Commander · #115

Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a shield counter on a creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

Choose a kind of counter on a creature you control. Put a counter of that kind on each other creature you control.

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7 rulings from Wizards of the Coast
  1. 29 April 2022If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may choose the shield counter for the second part of the spell.
  2. 29 April 2022A 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.
  3. 29 April 2022If 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.
  4. 29 April 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.
  5. 29 April 2022If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
  6. 29 April 2022Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
  7. 29 April 2022Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.