Benalish Hero

set	min	mtgo
-	NZ$ 0.59	0.04 tix

Name	Benalish Hero
Type	Creature — human soldier
Description	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 cSee more
Flavor	Benalia has a complex caste system that changes with the lunar year. No matter what the season, the only caste that cannot be attained by either heredity or money is that of the Hero.
Artist	Douglas Shuler
Set	30th Anniversary Tokens #4
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Benalish Hero

Benalish Hero, Creature — human soldier, designed by Douglas Shuler first released in Aug, 1993 in the set Limited Edition Alpha and was printed exactly in 14 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of NZ$ 0.59.

The Benalish Hero card would benefit a deck that focuses on creating a strong offensive presence with multiple creatures attacking together, as the Banding ability allows for strategic combat interactions and can help protect key creatures. However, in the current Magic: The Gathering meta, there are more powerful and efficient cards available for similar mana costs that offer stronger abilities or stats, such as Student of Warfare or Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, making it less likely for Benalish Hero to see play in competitive decks.

Rules

10/01/08

Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.

10/01/08

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.