Staunch Throneguard

Staunch Throneguard {5}

Artifact Creature - Construct
Vigilance
When Staunch Throneguard enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.
"Brago in his arrogance let the throne's defenses fall dormant. Our new queen is not so incautious."
—Livio, Oathsworn Sentinel
2/5
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Legalities
Rulings
  • 2020-11-10 If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.
  • 2020-11-10 If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.
  • 2020-11-10 If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
  • 2020-11-10 The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch.
  • 2020-11-10 There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
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Foreign names
  • 忠贞佑皇像
  • 忠貞佑皇像
  • Standhafter Thronwächter
  • Gardien du trône inébranlable
  • Guardia del Trono Risoluta
  • 堅牢な玉座守り
  • Guarda do Trono Inabalável
  • Guardia del trono acérrimo