Card

Consul's Shieldguard

Creature — Dwarf Soldier


When Consul's Shieldguard enters the battlefield, you get (two energy counters).
Whenever Consul's Shieldguard attacks, you may pay . If you do, another target attacking creature gains indestructible until end of turn.


  Kaladesh (KLD)
#11, Uncommon

Illustrated by: David Gaillet
Multiverse ID: 417584

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Historic BO1
Not Legal Historic Brawl
Not Legal Pauper
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Timeless BO1
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer
Not Legal Traditional Historic
Not Legal Traditional Timeless

Rulings

  • 2017-02-09
    is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
  • 2017-02-09
    Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with specific permanents. (Other kinds of counters that players may have include poison and experience.)
  • 2017-02-09
    Keep careful track of how many energy counters each player has. You may do so by keeping a running count on paper, by using a die, or by any other clear and mutually agreeable method.
  • 2017-02-09
    If an effect says you get one or more , you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more , you lose that many energy counters. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
  • 2017-02-09
    Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" to your mana pool can't give you energy counters.
  • 2017-02-09
    You can't pay more energy counters than you have.
  • 2017-02-09
    Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of . You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of as the ability resolves, and no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice.
  • 2017-02-09
    If a triggered ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of , and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the ability is countered. You can't pay even if you want to.
  • 2017-02-09
    You can’t pay more energy counters than you have.
  • 2017-02-09
    Energy counters aren’t mana. They don’t go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana “of any type” to your mana pool can’t give you energy counters.
  • 2017-02-09
    Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They’re not associated with specific permanents. (Other kinds of counters that players may have include poison and experience.)
  • 2017-02-09
    If a triggered ability with one or more targets states that you “may pay” some amount of , and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the ability doesn’t resolve. You can’t pay even if you want to.
  • 2017-02-09
    Some triggered abilities state that you “may pay” a certain amount of . You can’t pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of as the ability resolves, and no player may take actions to try to stop the ability’s effect after you make your choice.
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