Benalish Hero
~$0.14 low · ~$33.05 high
White. Creature — Human Soldier
Fifth Edition #10 · Illustrated by Douglas Shuler
Fifth Edition #10 · Illustrated by Douglas ShulerWhat is Benalish Hero worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Banding (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 blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
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Benalia has a complex caste system that changes with the lunar year. No matter what the season, the only caste that cannot be attained by either heredity or money is that of the hero.
Format legality
All 13 printings of Benalish Hero
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 30th Anniversary Edition 30a #4· 2022Not tournament legalcommon· Cardmarket €0.66 | common | $1.40 | €0.66 | |
 30th Anniversary Edition 30a #301· 2022Not tournament legalRetro Framecommon· Cardmarket €35.00 | common | — | €35.00 | |
 Fifth Edition 5ed #10· 1997common· Cardmarket €0.12 | common | $0.14 | €0.12 | |
No image yet Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border 4bb #7· 1995Spanishcommon· Cardmarket €0.47 | common | — | €0.47 | |
 Fourth Edition 4ed #7· 1995common· Cardmarket €0.08 | common | $0.17 | €0.08 | |
 Summer Magic / Edgar sum #4· 1994common· Cardmarket €298.54 | common | — | €298.54 | |
 Revised Edition 3ed #4· 1994common· Cardmarket €0.20 | common | $0.18 | €0.20 | |
No image yet Foreign Black Border fbb #4· 1994Frenchcommon· Cardmarket €0.21 | common | $15.00 | €0.21 | |
 Collectors' Edition ced #4· 1993Not tournament legalcommon· Cardmarket €1.97 | common | $3.00 | €1.97 | |
 Intl. Collectors' Edition cei #4· 1993Not tournament legalcommon· Cardmarket €1.90 | common | $4.72 | €1.90 | |
 Unlimited Edition 2ed #4· 1993common· Cardmarket €1.17 | common | $1.26 | €1.17 | |
 Limited Edition Beta leb #4· 1993common· Cardmarket €6.34 | common | $7.91 | €6.34 | |
 Limited Edition Alpha lea #4· 1993common· Cardmarket €24.24 | common | $33.05 | €24.24 |
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Where to buy Benalish Hero
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Card details
- First printed
- 1993
- Printings
- 13
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #21,305 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Banding
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Fifth Edition card (#10).
Printed before collector numbers, which started with Exodus in 1998. The bottom shows only the artist credit ("Illus.") and the copyright. Set symbols were all black before Exodus, and core sets before Sixth Edition have none.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (4)
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.
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.
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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