Undercover Operative
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue
- Power / toughness
- 0 / 0
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna Promos #63s (rare)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it enters with a shield counter on it if you control that creature. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Undercover Operative has 5 printings, first in Streets of New Capenna (2022). EDHREC ranks it #5,484 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gyruda, Doom of Depths decks (2,592 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Undercover Operative most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Gyruda, Doom of Depths: 2,592 decks
- Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior: 1,553 decks
- Princess Yue: 1,501 decks
- Braids, Conjurer Adept: 773 decks
- Uugguu, the Omniplasm: 639 decks
- Hidetsugu and Kairi: 624 decks
- Volrath, the Shapestealer: 467 decks
- Sakashima the Impostor: 359 decks
Often played with Undercover Operative
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
- : Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
- : 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.
- : “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.
- : 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.
- : If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.