Pikemen
~$0.08 low · ~$0.99 high
White. Creature — Human Soldier
Fifth Edition #52 · Illustrated by Dan Frazier
Fifth Edition #52 · Illustrated by Dan FrazierWhat is Pikemen worth?
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Oracle text
First strike; 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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"As the cavalry bore down, we faced them with swords drawn and pikes hidden in the grass at our feet. 'Don't lift your pikes 'til I give the word,' I said." —Maeveen O'Donagh, *Memoirs of a Soldier*
Format legality
All 5 printings of Pikemen
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fifth Edition 5ed #52· 1997common· Cardmarket €0.11 | common | $0.20 | €0.11 | |
 Renaissance ren #18· 1995Frenchcommon· Cardmarket €0.08 | common | $0.99 | €0.08 | |
No image yet Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border 4bb #42· 1995Spanishcommon· Cardmarket €0.14 | common | — | €0.14 | |
 Fourth Edition 4ed #42· 1995common· Cardmarket €0.09 | common | $0.08 | €0.09 | |
 The Dark drk #15· 1994common· Cardmarket €0.30 | common | $0.33 | €0.30 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 1994
- Printings
- 5
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #23,001 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- First strike, Banding
- Artists
- Dan Frazier, Dennis Detwiller
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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