First printed in Streets of New Capenna (2022)
All 8 prints
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Planeswalker Championship Promos (PWCS) #2023-1, 2023
Areku Nishiki
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #99685, 2022 (digital)
Tom Roberts
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Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) #11p, 2022
Anna Steinbauer
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Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) #11s, 2022
Anna Steinbauer
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Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #11, 2022
Anna Steinbauer
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Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #282, 2022
Tom Roberts
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Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #341, 2022
Krharts
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Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #441, 2022
Krharts
Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
+1: Choose up to one target creature. Put a +1/+1 counter and a counter from among flying, first strike, lifelink, or vigilance on it.
−3: Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a permanent card with mana value 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield with a shield counter on it. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
−7: Create five 3/3 white Angel creature tokens with flying.
Loyalty: 5
- Illustrated by
- Anna Steinbauer
Elspeth Resplendent legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (7)
- Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
- 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.
- 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.
- Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
- If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
- For Elspeth's first ability, its controller chooses flying, first strike, lifelink, or vigilance, then that counter and the +1/+1 counter are placed on the target creature at the same time.
- “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.
Prices
Paper price: €3.55 / $4.72 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 9 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.007 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 8 Nov 2026).