Lieutenants of the Guard
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White. Creature — Human Soldier
Conspiracy: Take the Crown #16 · Illustrated by Johannes Voss
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Oracle text
Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for strength or numbers. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each strength vote and create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each numbers vote.
2/2
Format legality
All 2 printings of Lieutenants of the Guard
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The List plst #CN2-16· 2019common· Cardmarket €0.16 | common | $0.16 | No foil printing | €0.16 | |
 Conspiracy: Take the Crown cn2 #16· 2016common· Cardmarket €0.12 · €0.40 foil | common | $0.17 | $0.38 | €0.12€0.40 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2016
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 5
- EDHREC rank
- #15,930 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Council's dilemma
- Artist
- Johannes Voss
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Conspiracy: Take the Crown card (#16).
016 · CN2 · C · EN
- 016Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- CN2Set code for Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (7)
August 23, 2016
Unlike the will of the council cards from the original Conspiracy set, where a majority of votes determined what happened, each vote made for a council’s dilemma card adds to the ultimate effect.
August 23, 2016
Players can’t do anything between voting and finishing the resolution of the spell or ability that included the vote.
August 23, 2016
No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
August 23, 2016
You must vote for one of the available options. You can’t abstain.
August 23, 2016
Because the votes are made in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
August 23, 2016
If a creature with an enters-the-battlefield council’s dilemma ability leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, players can still vote for any option that would put +1/+1 counters on that creature, even though—or perhaps especially because—those votes won’t generate an effect.
August 23, 2016
The effects of each council’s dilemma ability happen in the stated order. First the vote occurs, then the first effect, and finally the second effect.
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