Shield Bearer

set	min	mtgo
-	1.21	0.05 tix

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Name	Shield Bearer
Type	Creature — human soldier
Description	Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its cSee more
Artist	Dan Frazier
Set	Masters Edition II #35
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Shield Bearer

Shield Bearer, Creature — human soldier, designed by Dan Frazier first released in Jun, 1995 in the set Ice Age and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 1.21.

A deck focused on creature combat strategies, especially those looking to create a cohesive unit of creatures to overwhelm opponents, would benefit from Shield Bearer due to its banding ability. However, there are more efficient cards in Magic: the Gathering that offer similar effects or provide better value, such as cards with stronger abilities or better stats for their cost. While Shield Bearer may have niche uses in specific strategies, it is generally not considered a top-tier card and may not see significant play in competitive decks.

Rules

10/01/08

Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.

10/01/08

If a creature with banding attacks, it can team up with any number of other attacking creatures with banding (and up to one nonbanding creature) and attack as a unit called a “band.” The band can be blocked by any creature that could block a single creature in the band. Blocking any creature in a band blocks the entire band. If a creature with banding is blocked, the attacking player chooses how the blockers’ damage is assigned.

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