Army

Army
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics	0 cards 54 Army creation cards 24.1% 29.6% 20.4% 7.4% 7.4% 3.7% 5.6% 1.9% as of Commander Masters
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Army is a black token-only creature class introduced in War of the Spark, intrinsically tied with the Amass keyword action. Originally, it was only combined with Zombie, as in Zombie Army. Later, Armies of other creatures were created.

Description

During the resolution of amassing [subtype] N, a player checks if they already control an Army. If they don't, they create a 0/0 Army token with the listed secondary subtype. Then the player puts N +1/+1 counters on an Army. The Army functions together much like how R&D makes single creature cards that are flavored as a group of beings.

Amass was designed so you'd control one Army at most at any given time, but there are several ways around this. You could copy an Army you control, take control of anothers' Army or maybe you control a creature with all creature types.

While Army is the marker for the Amass mechanic to work, Mark Rosewater expressed that Amass could create an Army of another creature type, using errata on the Amass cards in War of the Spark. In The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, Army was paired with Orcs. The next set, Commander Masters, added Amass Slivers, flavorfully pairing it with Afflict. Older cards received an update to now say "amass Zombies N." The mechanic now appends race subtypes to the Army when cross-set Amassers are combined.

Notable Armies

Amonkhet

• The Dreadhorde

Tokens

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source	Printings
Orc Army	Black	Creature — Orc Army	0/0		Assault on Osgiliath Barad-dûr Book of Mazarbul Corsairs of Umbar Deceive the Messenger Dunland Crebain Easterling Vanguard Fall of Cair Andros Foray of Orcs Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant Gríma Wormtongue Grishnákh, Brash Instigator March from the Black Gate Mordor Muster Moria Scavenger The Mouth of Sauron Orcish Bowmasters Orcish Medicine Saruman's Trickery Saruman the White Saruman, the White Hand Sauron, Lord of the Rings Sauron, the Dark Lord Shagrat, Loot Bearer Summons of Saruman Surrounded by Orcs Swarming of Moria The Torment of Gollum Treason of Isengard Warbeast of Gorgoroth Warg Rider
Sliver Army	Black	Creature — Sliver Army	0/0		Lazotep Sliver
Zombie Army	Black	Creature — Zombie Army	0/0		Angrath, Captain of Chaos Aven Eternal Bleeding Edge Callous Dismissal Commence the Endgame Crush Dissent Dreadhorde Invasion Dreadhorde Twins Enter the God-Eternals Eternal Skylord Gleaming Overseer Grim Initiate Herald of the Dreadhorde Honor the God-Pharaoh Invade the City Invading Manticore Lazotep Chancellor Lazotep Plating Lazotep Reaver Mindless Conscription Relentless Advance Toll of the Invasion Vizier of the Scorpion Widespread Brutality