Shield Broker

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Shield Broker: Creature - Octopus Advisor, Bloomburrow Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Octopus Advisor
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Bloomburrow Commander (BLC)
Released
2024-08-02
Collector number
174
Artist
Daniel Ljunggren
Commander rank
10,371 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Shield Broker

Shield Broker is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Bloomburrow Commander (BLC), a Commander product released in August 2024. It is collector number 174 in that set, with art by Daniel Ljunggren. It costs {3}{U}{U} (three generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from New Capenna Commander (2022) to Bloomburrow Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

When this creature enters, put a shield counter on target noncommander creature you don't control. You gain control of that creature for as long as it has a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Shield Broker by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Shield Broker

Shield Broker has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #99879Rare2024
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #130Rare2022
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #29Rare2022
New Capenna Commander Promos (PNCC) #29pRare2022

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Shield Broker, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
  • If the creature loses its shield counter during combat, it will be removed from combat when it changes controllers. If it hasn't already assigned combat damage by that time, it won't get to deal combat damage.
  • "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.

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