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Nyxborn Shieldmate

{W}

Enchantment Creature — Human Soldier

Born of the Gods·bng #21·Common·2014·Art by Eric Deschamps
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

{2}{W} (If you cast this card for its cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)

Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.

In Meletis, the walls have ears. In Akros, they have blades.

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Print Details

Set
Born of the Gods (BNG)
Number
#21
Rarity
Common
Artist
Eric Deschamps
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.22
USD Foil
$0.25
EUR
0.09
EUR Foil
0.31
MTGO Tix
0.03

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings5

9/15/2013·wotc

If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.

9/15/2013·wotc

Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.

9/15/2013·wotc

Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.

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