Magic: The Gathering

Fortified Area

Fourth Edition 26 • common

Set: Fourth Edition
Collector number: 26
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 1 generic mana white mana white mana
Type: Enchantment
Colors: White
Artist: Randy Asplund-Faith
Market price: $0.14

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Lore

Why it matters

As an enchantment from a foundational set, this card represents a classic piece of game history that introduces distinct defensive mechanics to the table. While its common rarity makes it a widely accessible part of the collection, its presence serves as a testament to the enduring role of field fortification in strategic gameplay.

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What it does

Wall creatures you control get +1/+0 and have 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.)

Formats

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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Provenance

Where it came from

Fortified Area was originally released in the 1995 Fourth Edition core set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. As a reprint from the earlier Alpha and Beta sets, it served as a staple enchantment within the game's evolving mechanics, intended to provide strategic defensive bonuses to walls. The card reflects the early aesthetic of the game, where the rules text and functionality were often experimental and centered on specific creature types.

The artwork for this version was provided by Randy Asplund-Faith, an illustrator whose work was prominent during the formative years of Magic: The Gathering. Asplund-Faith utilized a detailed, illustrative style that captured the medieval fantasy tone characteristic of the era. While the card is a common-rarity item and functioned primarily as a functional tool for players, it remains a notable example of the classic visual design language that defined the game's transition into mid-nineties mass-market circulation.

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Other printings

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Fortified AreaLegends · #14 · uncommon · 1994$3.77

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