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Mishra's War Machine

Display: Oracle | Printed

Card Name:

Mishra's War Machine

Mana Cost:

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Types:

Artifact Creature — Juggernaut

Card Text:

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.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, unless you discard a card, tap Mishra's War Machine and it deals 3 damage to you.

P/T:

5 / 5

Expansion:

Fourth Edition

Rarity:

Rare

Other Sets:

Artist:

Amy Weber

Community Rating:

Rating: 1.312 / 5 (8 votes)

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10/4/2004	You may choose to take damage or to discard. You can't avoid taking damage if you have no cards to discard.
10/1/2008	If a creature with banding attacks, it can team up with any number of other attacking creatures with banding (and up to one nonbanding creature) and attack as a unit called a "band." The band can be blocked by any creature that could block a single creature in the band. Blocking any creature in a band blocks the entire band. If a creature with banding is blocked, the attacking player chooses how the blockers' damage is assigned.
10/1/2008	A maximum of one nonbanding creature can join an attacking band no matter how many creatures with banding are in it.
10/1/2008	Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.
10/1/2009	If a creature in combat has banding, it's controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it. That player can ignore the damage assignment order when making this assignment.