Timid Shieldbearer
Creature — Kithkin Soldier
: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #21550
Timid Shieldbearer puts a Ward 1 shield counter on a creature when it enters — cheap protection stapled to a two-mana body. Outside of Brigid, Clachan's Heart, where that counter is the whole point, it's too narrow to compete for a slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Brigid, Clachan's Heart turns every shield counter into a resource, and Timid Shieldbearer drops one on entry for two mana — that's exactly the kind of cheap, repeatable trigger Brigid wants to chain through a turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Timid Shieldbearer is legal everywhere but earns a real role in almost none of it. In Commander, it's a Brigid, Clachan's Heart card — full stop — where the shield counter matters more than the body carrying it. In competitive 60-card formats, a 1/3 for two that places a single Ward 1 counter isn't close to the rate you need, and dedicated protection suites do the job cleaner. Pauper is the one fringe exception, where bodies with any incidental protection are occasionally worth a look, but Timid Shieldbearer still doesn't crack the tier of cards you'd actually build around.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Timid Shieldbearer sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up for pennies if you're building Brigid, Clachan's Heart and don't think twice about the cost. Bulk commons like this don't move unless a commander makes them a staple, so don't expect the price to budge.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.