Assault Formation
Assault Formation: Enchantment, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 246
- Artist
- Kieran Yanner
- Commander rank
- 2,533 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Assault Formation
Assault Formation is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green enchantment from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 246 in that set, with art by Kieran Yanner. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Dragons of Tarkir (2015) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.57 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
{G}: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.
{2}{G}: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.57 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Assault Formation by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Assault Formation
Assault Formation has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #IMA-155 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Jumpstart (JMP) #378 | Rare | 2020 |
| Iconic Masters (IMA) #155 | Uncommon | 2017 |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #173 | Rare | 2015 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Assault Formation, newest first.
- For example, a 2/3 creature will assign 3 combat damage rather than 2.
- Assault Formation’s first ability doesn’t actually change any creature’s power. It changes only the amount of combat damage it assigns. All other rules and effects that check power or toughness use the real values. For example, Hunt the Weak won’t cause a creature to fight with its toughness.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Assault Formation is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.