Vagrant Plowbeasts — ruling 1

This ability checks the targeted creature’s power only at the time the ability is activated and at the time it resolves. The regeneration shield it creates will work no matter what that creature’s power is at the time it would be destroyed.

Vagrant Plowbeasts : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Vagrant Plowbeasts is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

: Regenerate target creature with power 5 or greater.

How it works : Vagrant Plowbeasts

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1February 1, 2009· Wizards of the Coast
This ability checks the targeted creature’s power only at the time the ability is activated and at the time it resolves. The regeneration shield it creates will work no matter what that creature’s power is at the time it would be destroyed.
No other card is named in this ruling.