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If a creature in combat has banding, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.
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◇ Catalog #242
Helm of Chatzuk
30a·#242·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Mark Tedin
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EDHrec rank #18,649 · Fringe play
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Gameplay
Artifact
{1}, {T}: 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.)
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
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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.
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Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.
Context
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 30A — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *30th Anniversary Edition* (released November 2022).
Card #242 in 30th Anniversary Edition.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Artifact. Mana cost: {1} (1 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #18,649 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Mark Tedin. Rarix tracks 1,051 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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