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Nyxborn Shieldmate

Enchantment Creature — Human Soldier

Bestow {2}{W} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Born of the Gods
Price
$0.18
EDHREC rank
#20383
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Nyxborn Shieldmate card art
Nyxborn Shieldmate puts a +1/+1 counter on an enchanted creature for one white mana — useful only if you're already running an Auras or constellation package built around Dawn Evangel and friends. Outside that narrow context, it's a 1/1 for one that does nothing on its own and belongs nowhere near your 99.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Nyxborn Shieldmate is legal everywhere except Standard, but competitive formats like Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage have no interest in a 1/1 bestow creature at this power level. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where constellation shells exist, though even there better one-mana Auras are available. In Commander, Nyxborn Shieldmate earns its slot only in dedicated enchantress or Auras decks that want both a cheap enchantment count and the insurance of a creature that sticks around after the host dies.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.18 bulk tier

At $0.18, Nyxborn Shieldmate is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box for less than you'd pay to ship it. It holds no financial value, but in the narrow decks that want it, the price is never the reason to leave it out.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.