Formation
Instant
Formation
Instant
Card Text
Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- White
- Color Identity
- White
- EDHREC Rank
- #22,671
Format Legalities
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All Printings (6)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Age (ICE) | #25 | rare | en | Ken Meyer, Jr. | $0.78 | — |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #25 | rare | de | Ken Meyer, Jr. | — | — |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #25 | rare | es | Ken Meyer, Jr. | — | — |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #25 | rare | fr | Ken Meyer, Jr. | — | — |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #25 | rare | it | Ken Meyer, Jr. | — | — |
| Ice Age (ICE) | #25 | rare | pt | Ken Meyer, Jr. | — | — |
Official Rulings (4)
If a creature in combat has banding, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.
A maximum of one nonbanding creature can join an attacking band no matter how many creatures with banding are in it.
If a creature with banding attacks, it can team up with any number of other attacking creatures with banding (and up to one nonbanding creature) and attack as a unit called a "band." The band can be blocked by any creature that could block a single creature in the band. Blocking any creature in a band blocks the entire band. If a creature with banding is blocked, the attacking player chooses how the blockers' damage is assigned.
Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.
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