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Formation
Oracle Text
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.
Card Details
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Character Background
Formation is a tidy Ice Age-era trick that rewards disciplined white play: it temporarily grants banding to a creature, then replaces itself on the next upkeep, making it especially appealing in control and value decks that want to stall combat without losing cards. In practice, its strongest use is to reshape a crucial attack or defense, letting your band determine how damage gets assigned and often protecting a key creature from unfavorable trades. It pairs well with other banding creatures or efficient defensive bodies, since even one banding source can turn a messy combat step into a puzzle you solve on your terms. Deckbuilding-wise, it shines alongside high-toughness blockers, damage prevention, or any strategy that wants to preserve life total while drawing into late-game inevitability. The card’s flavor fits white’s ordered, tactical battlefield perfectly: not brute force, but formation, discipline, and control.
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Character Background
Formation is a tidy Ice Age-era trick that rewards disciplined white play: it temporarily grants banding to a creature, then replaces itself on the next upkeep, making it especially appealing in control and value decks that want to stall combat without losing cards. In practice, its strongest use is to reshape a crucial attack or defense, letting your band determine how damage gets assigned and often protecting a key creature from unfavorable trades. It pairs well with other banding creatures or efficient defensive bodies, since even one banding source can turn a messy combat step into a puzzle you solve on your terms. Deckbuilding-wise, it shines alongside high-toughness blockers, damage prevention, or any strategy that wants to preserve life total while drawing into late-game inevitability. The card’s flavor fits white’s ordered, tactical battlefield perfectly: not brute force, but formation, discipline, and control.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 06:10:45 UTC