Kros, Defense Contractor
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a shield counter on target creature an opponent controls.
Whenever you put one or more counters on a creature you don't control, tap that creature and goad it. It gains trample until your next turn. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Rulings
6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2022-04-29
“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.
- 2022-04-29
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
- 2022-04-29
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.
- 2022-04-29
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
- 2022-04-29
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.
- 2022-04-29
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
As a commander
Decks built with Kros, Defense Contractor in the command zone.
Published decks
Decklists players have published with Kros, Defense Contractor in the command zone, newest first. A deck that has been played carries the win rate it earned in real tracked games.
- Kros, Defense Contractor Deck 0 games —
Kros, Defense Contractor price history
The New Capenna Commander #7 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.43 | $0.43 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.43 | $0.43 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.43 | $0.45 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.42 | $0.45 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.42 | $0.44 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Kros, Defense Contractor
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Extended Art
- Normal
- $1.11
- Foil
- $1.76
- Normal
- $0.43
- Foil
- $0.43
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Kros, Defense Contractor. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
