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Rhox Pummeler

Green

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Rhox Pummeler, Streets of New Capenna printing
Streets of New Capenna SNC · No. 155 2022-04-29

Card text

{5}{G}
Creature — Rhino Soldier
This creature enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) This creature has trample as long as it has a shield counter on it.
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When all you have is a warhammer, every face looks like a nail.
EDHREC rank #25361 Common Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ✓ Legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

8 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

Combat damage is assigned to creatures and players and then dealt simultaneously. Notably, this means blocking a Rhox Pummeler with a shield counter on it won't normally prevent Rhox Pummeler from dealing damage to the defending player due to its trample ability.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

If an attacking Rhox Pummeler with one shield counter on it is blocked by a creature with first strike, the shield counter will be removed in the first combat damage step. In that case, Rhox Pummeler won't have trample when it deals combat damage in the second combat damage step.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

"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.

2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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