Walking Ballista
Walking Ballista: Artifact Creature - Construct, Jumpstart 2022. This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{X}
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Construct
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Power / toughness
- 0/0
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022 (J22)
- Released
- 2022-12-02
- Collector number
- 806
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Commander rank
- 437 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Walking Ballista
Walking Ballista is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact creature from Jumpstart 2022 (J22), a draft-focused set released in December 2022. It is collector number 806 in that set, with art by Daniel Ljunggren. It costs {X}{X} (two times X mana) to cast, for a mana value of 0. It is a 0/0 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It is banned in Pioneer. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Aether Revolt (2017) to Final Fantasy Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $8.74 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card 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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $8.74 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Walking Ballista by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Banned |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Walking Ballista
Walking Ballista has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #371 | Rare | 2025 |
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #238 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #352 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #880 | Rare | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1265 | Rare | 2023 |
| Double Masters (2XM) #306 | Rare | 2020 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #58 | Rare | 2020 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #69991 | Rare | 2018 |
| Aether Revolt (AER) #181 | Rare | 2017 |
| Aether Revolt Promos (PAER) #181s | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Walking Ballista, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other artifact creature cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Walking Ballista is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
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