Mana Value
6
Rarity
common
Rhox Pummeler
Creature — Rhino Soldier
Card Text
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.
Set
Streets of New Capenna
(SNC)
EDHREC Rank
#23,581
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.
Wotc — April 29, 2022
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.
Wotc — April 29, 2022
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
Wotc — April 29, 2022
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
Wotc — April 29, 2022
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.
Wotc — April 29, 2022
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
Wotc — April 29, 2022
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.
Wotc — April 29, 2022
"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.
Wotc — April 29, 2022
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