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Formation Breaker

Magic: The GatheringTarkir: Dragonstorm#143

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Tarkir: DragonstormTDM · #143

Card type: Creature — Beast
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: 0.03 € · ★ 0.06 € · 0.12 $ · ★ 0.17 $
Mana value: 2
Power: 2
Toughness: 1
Colour: Green

Card text

Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block it. As long as you control a creature with a counter on it, this creature gets +1/+2.

Format legality

AlchemyLegal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
CompetitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
FutureLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardLegal
StandardbrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Eelis Kyttanen
Card language: English
Release date: 2025-04-11

Flavour text

"The war chargers seem restless. Let them out to play." —Ermaz, Abzan border guard

Rulings

2025-04-04

You compare Formation Breaker’s power to the power of any creature trying to block it only as blockers are declared. Once Formation Breaker has been legally blocked by a creature, changing the power of either creature won’t change or undo the block.