Boon of Safety
Boon of Safety: Instant, Streets of New Capenna. Put a shield counter on target creature. Scry 1. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna (SNC)
- Released
- 2022-04-29
- Collector number
- 4
- Artist
- Robin Olausson
- Keywords
- Scry
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About Boon of Safety
Boon of Safety is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common white instant from Streets of New Capenna (SNC), an expansion set released in April 2022. It is collector number 4 in that set, with art by Robin Olausson. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Streets of New Capenna is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Put a shield counter on target creature. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Scry 1.
"Saving a stranger's life is an excellent recruitment method. Luckily, peril is so easy to come by." -Falco Spara
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Boon of Safety by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Boon of Safety, newest first.
- Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
- 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.
- “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.
- 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.
- If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
- Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
- 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.
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