Formation
Ice Age 25 • rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 25
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Ken Meyer, Jr.
- Market price
- $0.95
What it does
Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (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 a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"I have been a warrior for over four hundred years, and yet each generation of Kjeldorans teaches me new tricks. There can be no better allies."— Taaveti of Kelsinko, Elvish Hunter
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Formation was released in 1995 as part of the Ice Age expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to explore a harsh, glacial world, introducing mechanics like cumulative upkeep to reflect the thematic struggle for survival in a frozen landscape.
The artwork for this card was created by artist Anson Maddocks, who was a prominent contributor during the early years of the game. His illustration style for Formation reflects the high-fantasy aesthetic characteristic of the era, focusing on the tactical, defensive nature of the card's ability to redirect damage in combat.
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