Bant Battlemage
Shards of Alara 5 • uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 5
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Donato Giancola
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
green mana, tap: Target creature gains trample until end of turn.
blue mana, tap: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
"A night attack will be easy. We'll make an air raid over the Akrasan border. Just get me some flint to light the war torches."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Bant Battlemage was released in 2008 as part of the Shards of Alara set, which introduced the concept of three-color 'shards' based on the five color-aligned worlds of the Alara plane. Bant, a bastion of order and peace, focused on white, green, and blue mana, and the Battlemage was designed to reflect this synergy by offering utility through its activated abilities that tap or untap creatures.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Kev Walker, a long-standing contributor to the game known for his distinctive, high-contrast style. Walker’s depiction of the Bant Battlemage emphasizes the disciplined, knightly aesthetic of the region, grounding the character in the visual language of Alara’s organized society while fitting into the broader cycle of battlemages created for the set to demonstrate the mechanics of each specific shard.
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