Icatian Phalanx (ME2 #16)
Icatian Phalanx is a common printing from Masters Edition II (ME2 #16), a Creature — Human Soldier. Illustrated by Kaja Foglio.
Card 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.)
Even after the wall was breached in half a dozen places, the phalanxes fought on, standing solidly against the onrushing raiders. Disciplined and dedicated, they held their ranks to the end, even in the face of tremendous losses.
Details
| Mana cost | {4}{W} |
|---|---|
| Type | Creature — Human Soldier |
| Power / Toughness | 2 / 4 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Set | Masters Edition II (ME2) |
| Collector number | 16 |
| Artist | Kaja Foglio |
| Released | 2008-09-22 |
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Legality
| Standard | Not legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Not legal |
| Historic | Not legal |
| Timeless | Not legal |
| Gladiator | Not legal |
| Pioneer | Not legal |
| Modern | Not legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal |
| Brawl | Not legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Not legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| PrEDH | Legal |
| TLR | Not legal |
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Rulings
- October 1, 2008 — 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.
- October 1, 2008 — A maximum of one nonbanding creature can join an attacking band no matter how many creatures with banding are in it.
- October 1, 2008 — Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.
- October 1, 2009 — If a creature in combat has banding, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.
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