Noble Elephant
~$0.09 TCGplayer
White. Creature — Elephant
Mirage #30 · Illustrated by Tony Roberts
Mirage #30 · Illustrated by Tony RobertsWhat is Noble Elephant worth?
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Oracle text
Trample; 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.)
2/2
"Proud am I, / strong am I, / courageous in defending my children / and fierce in punishing what stands in my way." —"So the Elephant Speaks," Zhalfirin song
Format legality
The only printing of Noble Elephant
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mirage mir #30· 1996common· Cardmarket €0.13 | common | $0.09 | €0.13 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 1996
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #25,012 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Banding, Trample
- Artist
- Tony Roberts
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Mirage card (#30).
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.
Card breakdown
The parts of Noble Elephant, read from the Mirage printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Noble Elephant. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 4: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Elephant is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 2/2: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Tony Roberts. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Mirage. Before Exodus (1998) every set symbol was black, whatever the rarity.
- Artist
- Tony Roberts, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- TrampleCR 702.19
- Combat damage beyond what kills its blockers can go to the player or permanent it is attacking.
- BandingCR 702.22
- Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
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
Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.
2008-10-01
A maximum of one nonbanding creature can join an attacking band no matter how many creatures with banding are in it.
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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