Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Stalwart Shield-Bearers: Creature - Human Soldier, Rise of the Eldrazi. Defender Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Human Soldier
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 0/3
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE)
- Released
- 2010-04-23
- Collector number
- 46
- Artist
- Austin Hsu
- Keywords
- Defender
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About Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Stalwart Shield-Bearers is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common white creature from Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE), an expansion set released in April 2010. It is collector number 46 in that set, with art by Austin Hsu. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 0/3 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. Rise of the Eldrazi is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.63 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
"Hold fast the line! Either we stop them here or we wake up in their guts!" -Tala Vertan, Makindi shieldmate
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.63 (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 Stalwart Shield-Bearers by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Stalwart Shield-Bearers.
- Stalwart Shield-Bearers continually checks which creatures you control have defender and gives the bonus only to them. If an effect causes a creature with defender to lose defender (as Shoal Serpent does), Stalwart Shield-Bearers stops giving it the bonus for as long as it doesn’t have defender. On the other hand, if a spell or ability causes a creature to be able to attack as though it didn’t have defender (as Warmonger’s Chariot does), Stalwart Shield-Bearers continues to give it the bonus because it never actually loses the defender ability.
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