Card Codex

M:tG card similarity search

17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Defensive Formation

W · Enchantment

Rather than the attacking player, you assign the combat damage of each creature attacking you. You can divide that creature's combat damage as you choose among any of the creatures blocking it.

Similar cards

Color identity:
NameManaTypeText
Glyph of Reincarnation GInstant Cast this spell only after combat. Destroy all creatures that were blocked by target Wall this turn. They can't be regenerated. For each creature that died this way, put a creature card from the graveyard of the player who controlled that creature the last time it became blocked by that Wall onto the battlefield under its owner's control.
Veteran Soldier 1WLegendary Enchantment — Background Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks a player, if no opponent has more life than that player, for each opponent, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token that's tapped and attacking that opponent."
Rotisserie Elemental RCreature — Elemental Menace Whenever Rotisserie Elemental deals combat damage to a player, put a skewer counter on Rotisserie Elemental. Then you may sacrifice it. If you do, exile the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of skewer counters on Rotisserie Elemental. You may play those cards this turn. 1/1
Aerial Volley GInstant Aerial Volley deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures with flying.
Krothuss, Lord of the Deep Legendary Creature — Kraken Horror Flying Whenever Krothuss, Lord of the Deep attacks, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of another target attacking creature. If that creature is a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent, create two of those tokens instead. 3/5
Fire and Brimstone 3WWInstant Fire and Brimstone deals 4 damage to target player who attacked this turn and 4 damage to you.
Nemesis of Reason 3UBCreature — Leviathan Horror Whenever Nemesis of Reason attacks, defending player mills ten cards. 3/7
Mercurial Spelldancer 1UCreature — Phyrexian Rogue Mercurial Spelldancer can't be blocked. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put an oil counter on Mercurial Spelldancer. Whenever Mercurial Spelldancer deals combat damage to a player, you may remove two oil counters from it. If you do, when you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. 2/1
Victory's Herald 3WWWCreature — Angel Flying Whenever Victory's Herald attacks, attacking creatures gain flying and lifelink until end of turn. 4/4
Inferno Hellion 3RCreature — Hellion Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) At the beginning of each end step, if Inferno Hellion attacked or blocked this turn, its owner shuffles it into their library. 7/3
Page 185