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Falco Spara, Pactweaver

Card Name

Falco Spara, Pactweaver

Mana Cost

1

Type

Legendary Creature – Bird Demon

Rarity

Mythic Rare

rules Text

Flying, trampleFalco Spara, Pactweaver enters the battlefield with a shield counter on it.You may look at the top card of your library any time.You may cast spells from the top of your library by removing a counter from a creature you control in addition to paying their other costs.

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(4/29/2022)
Removing a counter from a creature is an additional cost of casting the spell and may be combined with other additional costs or alternative costs that spell may have, such as casualty.
(4/29/2022)
If you cast a spell with casualty this way, you can pay the costs in any order, which means that you may remove a counter from a creature then sacrifice it to pay the casualty cost. Bear in mind that removing a +1/+1 counter this way will reduce a creature's power, which might prevent you from paying the casualty cost with that creature.
(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.