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Walking Ballista
Oracle Text
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
{4}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Walking Ballista is one of Magic’s cleanest expressions of modular pressure: a Construct built to be loaded, aimed, and repurposed on demand. In play, it shines best in combo and value-control shells, where excess mana turns into both board presence and repeatable removal. Because it enters with X counters, it can come down as a harmless utility piece early or a lethal finisher late, and the ability to ping any target makes it excellent for picking off small creatures, planeswalkers, or even closing the game after a stalled board. Deckbuilders should especially look for mana engines and counter synergies—cards that add counters, untap, or generate huge amounts of mana let Ballista scale absurdly well. It also pairs naturally with effects that care about artifacts or counters, and with sacrifice or blink interactions if your format allows them. The card rewards patience: every counter is both ammunition and insurance.
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Character Background
Walking Ballista is one of Magic’s cleanest expressions of modular pressure: a Construct built to be loaded, aimed, and repurposed on demand. In play, it shines best in combo and value-control shells, where excess mana turns into both board presence and repeatable removal. Because it enters with X counters, it can come down as a harmless utility piece early or a lethal finisher late, and the ability to ping any target makes it excellent for picking off small creatures, planeswalkers, or even closing the game after a stalled board. Deckbuilders should especially look for mana engines and counter synergies—cards that add counters, untap, or generate huge amounts of mana let Ballista scale absurdly well. It also pairs naturally with effects that care about artifacts or counters, and with sacrifice or blink interactions if your format allows them. The card rewards patience: every counter is both ammunition and insurance.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 06:10:43 UTC