Shield Trigger creature

Shield Trigger creature S（シールド）・トリガー獣 (Shīrudo Torigā Jū)

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Shield Trigger creatures are creatures that have the Shield Trigger keyword.

See also: Shield Trigger spell

Example[]

6 Aqua Surfer
Liquid People

Water Creature / 2000
Shield trigger ■ When you put this creature into the battle zone, you may choose a creature in the battle zone and return it to its owner's hand.

3 Muramasa's Socket
Xenoparts

Fire Creature / 1000
Shield trigger (When this creature is put into your hand from your shield zone, you may summon it immediately for no cost.) ■ When you put this creature into the battle zone, destroy one of your opponent's creatures that has power 1000 or less.

Details[]

A creature with the shield trigger ability is read as the following:

Shield Trigger (When this creature is put into your hand from your shield zone, you may summon it immediately for no cost.)

Depending on the card, the reminder text may be committed.

Due to the ability, it allows you to summon creatures during your opponents turn if shields are broken. Creatures such as Aqua Surfer and Moel, Love Sniper can act as additional defense as acting as removal.

While this allows you to put creatures into the battle zone for no cost, these creatures have a high cost to power ratio.

As they are summoned during your opponents turn, they are allowed to attack and have a pseudo-speed attacker ability as they are in the battle zone at the start of your next turn.

The highest costing Shield Trigger creatures is Atlantis, Deepsea Evangelist at 10 mana. This is followed by Holy, Flash Guardian, Mauchu, One Extreme, Duenurse, Three Extremes, and Trap Giant each costing 9.

Creatures such as Javier Nature and Express Dragoon are Quasi-Vanilla creatures that have no abilities other than Shield Trigger. However, this prevents them from being affected by Vanilla support cards.

Often the ability of Shield Trigger increases the usual cost of a creature by its usual cost to power ratio by +2, or between 1–3. Cards such as Balza, Seeker of Hyperpearls or Closed, Destroyer of Secret Room that have both Blocker and Shield Trigger often cost even more due to the extra defensive capabilities.

Cards such as Alphadios, Lord of Spirits and 5000GT, Riot can be used to prevent shield trigger creatures from being put into the battle zone.

As they are a For No Cost ability, they are susceptible to Magnum, Allshot Puppet. Gravitz Zeta, Lord of Extinction can also be used to destroy the first creature put into the battle zone.

List of Creatures that have the Shield Trigger ability[]

Notable Shield Trigger creatures

Creatures
(Note: This list will also include Twinpact cards that may have Shield Trigger on their spell side.)

Evolution Creatures

Support[]

Supporting[]

Cards that support all card types that have Shield Trigger

Support Card:	Card Effect:
Almeric, Prophecy Elemental	■ Whenever any of your creatures attacks, choose a card name. Then look at one of your shields. If that chosen card is in that shield, you may show it to your opponent and add that shield to your hand. If you do, put the top 2 cards of your deck to your shields face down.
Cyber I Choice	■ When you put this creature into the battle zone, you may use a card that has shield trigger from your hand for no cost.
Disi Choice	■ When you put this creature, you may use a card that has shield trigger from your mana zone for no cost.
Gri-La, Void Guardian / Light of Cruelty	■ When you put this creature, put the top 3 cards of your deck into your graveyard. Then you may return a card that has shield trigger from your graveyard to your hand.
Plasma, Revolution Dragon Formula	■ Revolution 2—Whenever your opponent's creatures attack, if you have 2 shields or less, you may use a card that has shield trigger from your hand for no cost.
Zachs Cot, the Wise	■ When this creature leaves the battle zone, put all cards under it into your hand. If you put a card that has shield trigger into your hand, you may use it for no cost.