Walking Ballista
Artifact Creature — Construct
AERAether Revolt#181rare
Banned in Pioneer
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1449
- Illustrator
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Found in
- Aether Revolt MTGO Redemption · Challenger Deck 2018 Counter Surge · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerBanned
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
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: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.Plays as:
Counter PayoffCounter PlacerMana SinkPingerPlaneswalker RemovalX Spell
Market · per finishspark updated 27m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
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Market
Δ 30D · Trend
Low
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Buy / Sell Gap
Buy
Nonfoil
$10.04
-17.4%
Since Feb 2024:H $18.36L $5.59$6.09
$3.70
$2.39+39% · normal spread
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Foil
$16.42
0.0%
Since Feb 2024:H $23.97L $14.13$14.99
$12.00
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Rulings
2 · latest Aug 7, 2020
- WotCAug 7, 2020
A casting cost of
means that you pay twice X. If you want X to be 3, you pay 
to cast Walking Ballista. - WotCAug 7, 2020
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.