Wall

A wall is a creature type usually found on defensive creatures. Walls depict... walls, though this includes walls of things like flame or intangible forces rather than just concrete objects. Under older rules, having the creature type Wall prevented a creature from attacking. This assumption was removed in Champions of Kamigawa when Defender was added. Older Walls were erratad to have Defender, and barring creatures with Changeling, no new walls have been printed without Defender, but this does mean that cards that change creature types no longer have to worry about being used to make creatures unable to attack. Being unable to attack, walls in general have a higher toughness then power but there are exceptions, like Blistering Barrier.

Walls were removed for a short time after 8th Edition because in a sense it was hard to fathom how a Wall of Wood which seemed stationary would be able to move to block a creature. In 10th Edition each color, except black, saw a wall being printed. No explanation was given as to why walls came back to print.

Notable walls

• Wall of Blossoms — A green 0/4 Wall that, when it comes into play, allows its controller to draw a card; this wall saw, and, in formats which it is legal in, sees, play in some tournament green decks.
• Wall of Mulch — The closest thing to a "Wall Lord," this is the only wall that rewards players for putting it in a deck with other Walls.

Trivia

• Number of walls: [Wall||subtype=+[Wall] 96].
• Number of walls with subtype snow: 1 — Wall of Shards.
• Number of artifact walls: 13.
• Cheapest (mana cost) wall: Shield Sphere — .
• Most expensive (mana cost) walls: Dark Maze, Illusionary Wall, Infested Roothold, Necropolis, Snow Fortress, Wall of Opposition — converted mana cost of 5.
• Wall with the highest power: Illusionary Wall — 7.
• Walls with the highest toughness: Wall of Shards, Wall of Stone and Wall of Denial — 8.
• Walls with the highest combined power and toughness: Illusionary Wall and Sunweb — 11
• Walls with the lowest combined power and toughness: Mindbender Spores, Necropolis, Wall of Shadows, Wall of Tombstones and Wall of Vapor — 1.
• Wall printed the most times: Wall of Swords (every core set except 9th Edition and Magic 2010 plus Portal).
• Expansion set with the most walls: Legends — 11.