Rampage

Rampage
Keyword Ability
Type	Triggered
Introduced	Legends
Last used	Time Spiral
Reminder Text	Rampage N (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +N/+N until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)
Storm Scale	8
Scryfall Statistics
13 cards 15.4% 30.8% 30.8% 23.1%

Rampage is a keyword ability that gives an attacking creature a bonus to its power and toughness when it is blocked by more than one creature.

Description

Rampage first appeared in Legends; the last tournament-legal set with it was Fifth Edition, until Craw Giant was reprinted as a timeshifted card in Time Spiral.

The mechanic nowadays is considered a design failure and won't return in its original form. Rampage had issues since all the cards with it were costed and sized like it was a significant bonus in every combat, as opposed to one that never realistically activated. Gang-blocking happens when a defender can leverage multiple weaker creatures against larger creatures, but if such a block was bad because of rampage, then the opponent wouldn't do it. Several had two or three power, which were handily stopped by much cheaper creatures with four toughness, like Walls, or were simply not blocked as they cost four or five mana. As such, an ability with no chance of activating is a poor design.

New rampage

Later cards such as Gang of Elk use an updated, non-keyworded version of rampage ("new rampage", as quoted by Mark Rosewater) that activates against a single blocker and grows from there. While the ability activated more often, the phrasing that made it scale with more creatures was still extraneous, adding unnecessary complexity.

After Beastmaster's Magemark, the design team went for a cleaner solution where, instead of discouraging double blocking, the ability prevented it altogether, which already existed as stalking. New rampage and rampage were both deprecated, and while stalking continues seeing print, it has its own issues. Creatures now have abilities that gain stats on blocks, but won't scale.

Cards with "new rampage"

• Berserk Murlodont (gives it to all Beasts)
• Cave Tiger
• Elvish Berserker
• Gang of Elk
• Pygmy Troll
• Rabid Elephant
• Rabid Wolverines
• Sparring Golem
• Spined Sliver (gives it to all Slivers)
• Viashino Weaponsmith

Cards that grant "new rampage"

• Beastmaster's Magemark
• General Marhault Elsdragon
• Retaliation
• Barreling Attack

Rules

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (January 16, 2026—Lorwyn Eclipsed)

Rampage

A keyword ability that can make a creature better in combat. See rule 702.23, “Rampage.”

From the Comprehensive Rules (January 16, 2026—Lorwyn Eclipsed)

• 702.23. Rampage
  • 702.23a Rampage is a triggered ability. “Rampage N” means “Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +N/+N until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.” (See rule 509, “Declare Blockers Step.”)
  • 702.23b The rampage bonus is calculated only once per combat, when the triggered ability resolves. Adding or removing blockers later in combat won’t change the bonus.
  • 702.23c If a creature has multiple instances of rampage, each triggers separately.

Rulings

From an unknown source.

• If a creature with rampage is blocked by a single creature, the ability triggers but provides no bonus.
• The number of blocking creatures is determined when the ability resolves.

Examples

Example 1

Craw Giant
Creature — Giant
6/4
Trample
Rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Example 2

Gang of Elk
Creature — Beast
5/4
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it.

Cards that grant rampage

• Rapid Fire

Trivia

• The silver-bordered set Unhinged contains two cards that have rampage or can gain it as an activated ability (Old Fogey and Greater Morphling). It also features a variant of rampage with "art rampage" (on Our Market Research Shows That Players Like Really Long Card Names So We Made This Card to Have the Absolute Longest Card Name Ever Elemental). (Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, it gets +N/+N for each creature in the blocker’s art beyond the first.)