potent walrus
Andy plays Red Spectral Manifestations.
Nancy discards Ripple Away in response.
Andy then activates Calming Wave to make a spectral shield.
When Spectral Manifestations resolves, it will not make a spectral shield, but will it still put the counters on the pre-existing shield from Calming Wave?
cyan basin
Create a Spectral Shield token, then if you control no other Illusionist auras, put three +1{p} counters on it
if spectral manifestations does not create a spectral shield, then the effect to 'put three +1{d} counters on it' will fail because it is a conditional resolution effect that refers to the spectral shield that spectral manifestations created