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Agent's Toolkit

Card Name

Agent's Toolkit

Mana Cost

1

Type

Artifact – Clue

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

This artifact enters with a +1/+1 counter, a flying counter, a deathtouch counter, and a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)Whenever a creature you control enters, you may move a counter from this artifact onto that creature.
2
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(4/29/2022)
The shield counter on Agent's Toolkit won't prevent its controller from sacrificing it.
(4/29/2022)
If Agent's Toolkit somehow ends up with counters on it other than the ones it entered with, those may also be moved from it by its triggered ability.
(4/29/2022)
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
(4/29/2022)
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
(4/29/2022)
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.
(4/29/2022)
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
(4/29/2022)
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.
(4/29/2022)
"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.