Battering Ram
~$0.09 low · ~$1.49 high
Colorless. Artifact Creature — Construct
Fifth Edition #353 · Illustrated by Jeff A. Menges
Fifth Edition #353 · Illustrated by Jeff A. MengesWhat is Battering Ram worth?
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Oracle text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, this creature gains banding until end of combat. (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 you control are being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's blocking.)
Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a Wall, destroy that Wall at end of combat.
1/1
By the time Mishra was defeated, no mage was foolish enough to rely heavily on walls.
Format legality
All 8 printings of Battering Ram
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Fifth Edition 5ed #353· 1997common· Cardmarket €0.08 | common | $0.11 | €0.08 |
 Introductory Two-Player Set itp #48· 1996common· Cardmarket €0.13 | common | — | €0.13 |
 Rivals Quick Start Set rqs #47· 1996common | common | — | — |
 Renaissance ren #107· 1995Frenchcommon· Cardmarket €0.06 | common | $1.49 | €0.06 |
 Rinascimento rin #105· 1995Italiancommon· Cardmarket €0.12 | common | $0.40 | €0.12 |
No image yet Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border 4bb #297· 1995Spanishcommon· Cardmarket €0.19 | common | $0.31 | €0.19 |
 Fourth Edition 4ed #297· 1995common· Cardmarket €0.07 | common | $0.09 | €0.07 |
 Antiquities atq #41· 1994common· Cardmarket €0.67 | common | $0.48 | €0.67 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 1994
- Printings
- 8
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #25,348 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
Rulings (4)
2008-10-01
A maximum of one nonbanding creature can join an attacking band no matter how many creatures with banding are in it.
2008-10-01
Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.
2008-10-01
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.
2009-10-01
If a creature in combat has banding, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.
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