Singer of Swift Rivers
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Flash
When this creature enters, put a shield counter on another target creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
You may cast Merfolk spells as though they had flash.
Rulings
6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2023-11-10
If a permanent with a shield counter is dealt unpreventable damage, that damage will be dealt and a shield counter will still be removed.
- 2023-11-10
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.
- 2023-11-10
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.
- 2023-11-10
Removing a shield counter in this way isn't the same as regenerating a creature.
- 2023-11-10
"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.
- 2023-11-10
Shield counters don't prevent players from sacrificing creatures.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Singer of Swift Rivers, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakbal of the Surging Soul | 3 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Simic 3 decks
Every version of Singer of Swift Rivers
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.
Extended Art
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Normal
- $0.69
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Normal
- $0.24
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Singer of Swift Rivers. 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.
