Walking Ballista

Mana cost

Mana value0TypeArtifact Creature — Construct Color identity

Colorless RarityRare SetDouble Masters (2XM) ArtistDaniel Ljunggren Price€8.29 · foil €16.44 · $9.23

About this card

Walking Ballista is a creature artifact card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 0 (color identity: colorless). First printed in Aether Revolt Promos (2017); 10 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: removal. It is one of the 1,000 most played cards in Commander (EDHREC rank 419). Legal in Commander, Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Banned in Pioneer. Cheapest printing: €7.02 (Final Fantasy Commander); most expensive: €15.32 (Fallout).

Walking Ballista

Artifact Creature — Construct

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

0/0

Name in each language

FrançaisBaliste ambulanteEnglishWalking BallistaEspañolBalista andanteDeutschSchreitende BallisteItalianoBalista MobilePortuguêsBalista Ambulante日本語歩行バリスタ

Construct

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerBannedModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulNot legal

Rulings

2020-08-07
A casting cost of means that you pay twice X. If you want X to be 3, you pay to cast Walking Ballista.

2020-08-07
If Walking Ballista has been dealt damage or had its toughness reduced by an effect, this limits how many times you'll be able to remove +1/+1 counters from it in a single turn. For example, if it has three +1/+1 counters on it and has been dealt 1 damage this turn, it will be destroyed immediately after you activate the ability a second time and you won't be able to activate it a third time.