Undercover Operative

Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it enters with a shield counter on it if you control that creature. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

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Set

Streets of New Capenna (SNC #63)

Rarity

Rare

Mana value

4

Released

2022-04-29

Artist

Tyler Walpole

EDHREC rank

#5,366

Colour identity

Finishes

Nonfoil, Foil

Served from

Local database

Commander bracket

EDHREC

Combos 63

Showing the 50 most played of 63.

Format legality

Rulings

• 2022-04-29

  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.

• 2022-04-29

  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.

• 2022-04-29

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

• 2022-04-29

  Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.

• 2022-04-29

  Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.

• 2022-04-29

  “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.