Dapper Shieldmate
Creature — Human Soldier
This creature enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
During your turn, this creature gets +2/+0.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #26566
Dapper Shieldmate enters the battlefield and immediately hands another creature a +1/+1 counter and lifelink for the turn — a modest but real combat swing at instant speed if you have flash enablers. The two-mana body is forgettable on its own, so the card earns its slot only in decks that can consistently abuse the counter placement or lifelink grant.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dapper Shieldmate is a role-player in go-wide decks that care about +1/+1 counters or lifegain triggers — Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second or Kathril, Aspect Warper lists will occasionally want this, but it rarely makes the cut over more explosive options. In Pauper, a two-mana common that distributes a counter and lifelink has more room to breathe, particularly in white-based lifegain or counters synergy decks where every trigger matters. Across Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, Dapper Shieldmate is strictly outclassed — those formats demand higher raw power from two-mana creatures, and a one-shot lifelink grant does not clear that bar.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Dapper Shieldmate is deep bulk — the kind of card that costs more to ship than to buy. There is no price floor to speak of, so pick it up whenever you need it and don't think twice about the investment.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.