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Boon of Safety

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SNCStreets of New Capenna#4common

"Saving a stranger's life is an excellent recruitment method. Luckily, peril is so easy to come by." —Falco Spara

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 515
Illustrator
Robin Olausson
Found in
Streets of New Capenna MTGO Redemption Foil · Streets of New Capenna MTGO Redemption · 6 more
Printings1EDHREC rank#7,279
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Put a shield counter on target creature. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) Scry 1.
Plays as:
Scry
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+28.0%
$0.32
$0.03 low$0.02 gapTCGplayer
Foil0.0%
$0.36
$0.05 low-$0.03 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.32· across 1 printing· you're viewing it

Rulings

7 · latest Apr 29, 2022
  • WotCApr 29, 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.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    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.

  • WotCApr 29, 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.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    If the target is illegal as Boon of Safety attempts to resolve, it will be removed from the stack and its controller will not scry.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

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

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.

  • WotCApr 29, 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.