Singer of Swift Rivers
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Merfolk Shaman
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 2
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #98 (rare)
- Price
- $0.22 USD
Flash
When this creature enters, put a shield counter on another target creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
You may cast Merfolk spells as though they had flash.
Singer of Swift Rivers has 2 printings, first in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). EDHREC ranks it #6,196 among Commander cards. It appears most in Hakbal of the Surging Soul decks (19,621 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Singer of Swift Rivers
- Explorers of the Deep - The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander, led by Hakbal of the Surging Soul
Commanders that run Singer of Swift Rivers most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Hakbal of the Surging Soul: 19,621 decks
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca: 3,272 decks
- Nicanzil, Current Conductor: 355 decks
Often played with Singer of Swift Rivers
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
- : "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.
- : Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.