Singer of Swift Rivers
Singer of Swift Rivers: Creature - Merfolk Shaman, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Merfolk Shaman
- Colour identity
- Blue and green (UG)
- Power / toughness
- 3/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 98
- Artist
- Gabor Szikszai
- Commander rank
- 5,978 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flash
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About Singer of Swift Rivers
Singer of Swift Rivers is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and green creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 98 in that set, with art by Gabor Szikszai. It costs {1}{G}{U} (one generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.35 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flash
When this creature enters, put a shield counter on another target creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
You may cast Merfolk spells as though they had flash.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.35 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Singer of Swift Rivers by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Singer of Swift Rivers
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #66 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Singer of Swift Rivers, newest first.
- If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be 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.
- 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.
- Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
- "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.
- Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Singer of Swift Rivers is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.