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Stalwart Shield-Bearers
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Types
Creature
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Subtypes
Human
Soldier
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Rules
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
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Power
0
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Toughness
3
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Rarity
Common
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Number
46
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Artist
Austin Hsu
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Language
English
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Expansion
Rise of the Eldrazi
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Rulings
Stalwart Shield-Bearers continually checks which creatures you control have defender and gives the bonus only to them. If an effect causes a creature with defender to lose defender (as Shoal Serpent does), Stalwart Shield-Bearers stops giving it the bonus for as long as it doesn’t have defender. On the other hand, if a spell or ability causes a creature to be able to attack as though it didn’t have defender (as Warmonger’s Chariot does), Stalwart Shield-Bearers continues to give it the bonus because it never actually loses the defender ability.
2010-06-15
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"Hold fast the line! Either we stop them here or we wake up in their guts!"
—Tala Vertan, Makindi shieldmate
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