Deputized Protester
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Conspiracy: Take the CrownCN2 · #51
- Card type
- Creature — Human Warrior
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.03 € · ★ 0.13 € · 0.05 $ · ★ 0.28 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Lius Lasahido
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2016-08-26
Flavour text
Butcher's training, warrior's heart.
Rulings
Creatures that enter the battlefield attacking were never declared as attackers, so they won’t count toward melee’s effect. Similarly, if a creature with melee enters the battlefield attacking, melee won’t trigger.
It doesn’t matter how many creatures you attacked a player with, only that you attacked a player with at least one creature. For example, if you attack one player with Wings of the Guard and another player with five creatures, Wings of the Guard will get +2/+2 until end of turn.
Melee will trigger if the creature with melee attacks a planeswalker. However, the effect counts only opponents (and not planeswalkers) that you attacked with a creature when determining the bonus.
You determine the size of the bonus as the melee ability resolves. Count each opponent that you attacked with one or more creatures. It doesn’t matter if the attacking creatures are still attacking or even if they are still on the battlefield. It also doesn’t matter if the opponent you attacked is still in the game.
