Mishra's War Machine (Antiquities) - Gatherer

Mishra's War Machine

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 1.568 / 5 (37 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Mishra's War Machine

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Artifact Creature

Card Text:

Bands

During your upkeep, discard one card of your choice from your hand, or Mishra's War Machine becomes tapped and does 3 points of damage to you.

P/T:

5 / 5

Expansion:

Antiquities

Rarity:

Rare

All Sets:

Artist:

Amy Weber

Language:

English

Rulings

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, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.