Wall
A wall is usually a defensive creature that either has the rule text "walls can't attack", or after an errata, has defender. Being a defensive creature, walls in general have a higher toughness then power but ther 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.
Trivia
- Number of walls: 92.
- Number of walls with subtype snow: 1 — Wall of Shards.
- Number of artifact walls: 13.
- Cheapest casting cost wall: Shield Sphere —
. - Most expensive (mana cost) walls: Dark Maze, Illusionary Wall, Infested Roothold, Necroplis, 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 and Wall of Stone — 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 plus Portal).
- Expansion set with the most Walls: Ice Age — 11.