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War Elephant

{3}{W}

Creature — Elephant

ARNArabian Nights#11common

"When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers." —Kikuyu Proverb

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Frame
1993
Pull rate
~1 in 7
Illustrator
Kristen Bishop
Found in
Arabian Nights Booster Pack
Printings5EDHREC rank#24,457
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernLegal
Old SchoolLegal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Trample; 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 controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
2/2
Plays as:
French Vanilla
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
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$4.87
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Rulings

4 · latest Oct 1, 2009
  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    If a creature in combat has banding, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    A maximum of one nonbanding creature can join an attacking band no matter how many creatures with banding are in it.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

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

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    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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