Sheltering Ancient

set	min	mtgo
-	1.60	0.03 tix

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Name	Sheltering Ancient
Type	Creature — treefolk
Description	Trample Cumulative upkeep—Put a +1/+1 counter on a creature an opponent controls. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Artist	Pete Venters
Set	Double Masters Tokens #80
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Sheltering Ancient

Sheltering Ancient, Creature — treefolk, designed by Pete Venters first released in Jul, 2006 in the set Coldsnap and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 1.60.

This card could be beneficial in a green stompy deck that aims to overwhelm opponents with powerful creatures. The cumulative upkeep ability can be used strategically to boost an opponent's weaker creature, potentially setting up for a bigger trample attack. However, there are likely more efficient cards for a stompy deck that provide consistent power boosts without the upkeep cost, such as Rancor or Aspect of Hydra. Sheltering Ancient may not see much play in competitive decks due to its drawbacks, but could be a fun and unexpected choice for casual play.

Rules

07/15/06

Creatures that can’t be the target of abilities can have +1/+1 counters put on them by Sheltering Ancient’s cumulative upkeep ability because it doesn’t target them. The same is true for creatures with protection from green or protection from any other quality Sheltering Ancient has.

07/15/06

If no opponent controls a creature, you can’t pay the upkeep and must sacrifice Sheltering Ancient.

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