Battering Ram
Fifth Edition 353 • common
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Collector number
- 353
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
At the beginning of combat on your turn, this creature gains banding until end of combat. (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 being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's blocking.)
Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a Wall, destroy that Wall at end of combat.
By the time Mishra was defeated, no mage was foolish enough to rely heavily on walls.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Battering Ram was released in 1997 as part of the Fifth Edition core set for Magic: The Gathering. As the first core set to incorporate cards from various expansion sets, Fifth Edition was designed to refresh the game's competitive landscape while maintaining the core mechanics established in earlier iterations. This card, originally debuting in the Antiquities expansion, reflects the set's thematic exploration of artifact-heavy gameplay and mechanical warfare that defined early editions of the trading card game.
The artwork was provided by Jeff A. Menges, a foundational illustrator in the game's early history whose work helped define the visual identity of the hobby during the mid-nineties. Menges utilized a grounded, illustrative approach that emphasized the functional, gritty nature of the machine, aiming to depict a piece of siege equipment that felt both utilitarian and formidable. Within the community, the card is frequently regarded as a nostalgic touchstone for players who began their collection during the transition period of the late nineties.
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