Army
| Army | |
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| Creature Type | |
| (Subtype for creature/kindred cards) | |
| Statistics |
0 cards
32 Army creation cards
as of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth 28.1%  28.1%  15.6%  9.4%  6.3%  3.1%  6.3%  3.1% |
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| type:"Army" | |
Army is a black token-only creature class introduced in War of the Spark.[1][2] Originally, it was combined with Zombie, as in Zombie Army.[3]
Description
An army is built from the amass keyword action, which allows you to place a number of +1/+1 counter on an Army you control and create a 0/0 Zombie Army if you do not already control one. The Army functions together much like how R&D makes single creature cards that are flavored as a group of beings.[4]
Amass was designed so you'd control one Army at most at any given time. But there are several ways around that. You could copy an Army you control, or maybe you control a creature with all creature types.
If Amass ever returns, Mark Rosewater considers it a possibility that it will create an Army of another creature type.[5] However, this would necessitate some tweaking of the mechanic.[6] In The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, Army was paired with Orcs.
Notable Armies
- Amonkhet
Tokens
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 31, 2019). "Will any older cards be given the army creature...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 31, 2019). "Will army be a token only creature type made...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Matt Tabak (March 31, 2019). "War of the Spark Mechanics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 31, 2019). "Why force such a mechanic into these colors?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 8, 2022). "If we ever see it again would it still be zombie armies?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 8, 2022). "If amass were to return with a new tribe, would the original be erratad in some way?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
