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Pillar of War

Magic: The GatheringBorn of the Gods#160

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Born of the GodsBNG · #160

Card type: Artifact Creature — Golem
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: 0.04 € · ★ 0.38 € · 0.06 $ · ★ 0.34 $
Mana value: 3
Power: 3
Toughness: 3
Colour: Colourless

Card text

Defender As long as this creature is enchanted, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
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: Aleksi Briclot
Card language: English
Release date: 2014-02-07

Flavour text

Just because a temple has no guards doesn't mean it's undefended.

Rulings

2014-02-01

Defender only matters when Pillar of War could be declared as an attacking creature. If Pillar of War is already attacking, it becoming not enchanted doesn’t cause it to be removed from combat.