Walking Ballista
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SetAER
Collector #181
Released2017-01-20
Rarityrare
ArtistDaniel Ljunggren
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Walking Ballista

RareMV 0
Artifact Creature — Construct
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
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Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Rulings (2)
wotc7 Aug 2020
A casting cost of {X}{X} means that you pay twice X. If you want X to be 3, you pay {6} to cast Walking Ballista.
wotc7 Aug 2020
If Walking Ballista has been dealt damage or had its toughness reduced by an effect, this limits how many times you'll be able to remove +1/+1 counters from it in a single turn. For example, if it has three +1/+1 counters on it and has been dealt 1 damage this turn, it will be destroyed immediately after you activate the ability a second time and you won't be able to activate it a third time.