You cant choose to tap it if you want to
(They deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.) Guttering cinders stoke their dying flames by snuffing out the lights of others
(7/26/2024) In the rare case where the original creature is copying something else when the offspring ability resolves, the token enters as whatever that creature copied, except it's a 1/1
Wrap Up Selfless Squire | Illustration by Kim Sokol Though damage prevention effects have some downsides, they have a plethora of uses, especially if you can exploit some of the ones with additional abilities added to the damage prevention
You can still lose to Commander Damage, poison counters, and other effects that let your opponents automatically win
It requires some setup (and protection, since she'll be a removal magnet), but it's a pretty interesting way to play the archetype