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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
Details
- Rarity
- Rare
- First printed
- Ice Age
- Released
- 1995-06-03
- Artist
- Ken Meyer, Jr.
- Printings
- 1
Prices
- Cheapest legal
- $0.95
- Cheapest foil
- —
TCGplayer market via Scryfall, 2026-10-18; cheapest tournament-legal paper printing.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Formation (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
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Printings (1)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap the thumbnail to preview a printing; tap the set name to see all cards in that set.
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Formation — Ice Age #25Ice Age | #25 | $0.95 |
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