Chatzuk, Mighty Guitarist
Mana Cost:
Type: Legendary Creature — Human Bard
Oracle Text:
Banding (Just ask around until you find someone who knows.)
Creature spells you cast with banding cost {2} less to cast.
Whenever two or more creatures you control attack in a band, each creature in that band gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature in that band.
Power/Toughness: 2/2
Rarity: rare
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Expansion: Mystery Booster 2
Price ( USD): $0.34
USD: $0.34
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Character Background
Chatzuk, Mighty Guitarist reads like a literal bandleader: a legendary bard who makes "banding" mechanically meaningful and thematically delightful, turning groups of small creatures into coordinated threats. Practically, Chatzuk best supports a tempo/go-wide strategy that leans on creature value—cast lots of cheap bodies, many with banding or simply able to join a band, and punch through for exponential buffs when two or more attackers form a band. The mana discount for creature spells with banding accelerates that plan, so include mana dorks (Llanowar Elves, Elvish Mystic), token generators, and at least a handful of banding creatures to maximize the discount. Defensively, banding’s weird damage assignment lets you shepherd lethal strikes away from key creatures, while the combat anthem—+1/+1 per creature in the band—scales explosively with token producers and anthem effects like Glorious Anthem. Build around synergies that reward swarm size and precise combat math rather than big single threats.
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