Gnoll War Band
- Mana cost
- {5}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Gnoll
- Power / toughness
- 5 / 5
- Set
- The List #CLB-178 (uncommon)
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each opponent who was dealt damage this turn.
Menace
Myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Gnoll War Band has 2 printings, first in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). EDHREC ranks it #13,171 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Master, Multiplied decks (1,808 on EDHREC). It has 9 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Gnoll War Band most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Master, Multiplied: 1,808 decks
- J. Jonah Jameson: 452 decks
- Commander Liara Portyr: 264 decks
- Yuan Shao, the Indecisive: 61 decks
- Targ Nar, Demon-Fang Gnoll: 60 decks
- Arni Metalbrow: 24 decks
Often played with Gnoll War Band
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The term “defending player” in the myriad rules (or any other ability of an attacking creature) refers to the player the creature with myriad was attacking or the controller of the planeswalker it was attacking at the time the ability resolves. If that creature is no longer attacking, it refers to the player it was last attacking or the controller of the planeswalker it was last attacking.
- : You choose whether each token is attacking the player or a planeswalker they control as the token is created. If it’s attacking a planeswalker, you choose which one.
- : The tokens all enter the battlefield at the same time.
- : Each token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else. It doesn’t copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
- : Opponents who have left the game will not be counted when determining how many opponents have been dealt damage this turn.
- : Although the tokens enter the battlefield attacking, they were never declared as attackers. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won’t trigger, including the myriad ability of the tokens. If there are any costs to have a creature attack, those costs won’t apply to the tokens.
- : If the defending player is your only opponent, no tokens are put onto the battlefield.
- : If myriad creates more than one token for any given player (due to an effect such as the one Doubling Season creates), you may choose separately for each token whether it’s attacking the player or a planeswalker they control.
- : Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the tokens enter the battlefield. Any “as [this permanent] enters the battlefield” or “[this permanent] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the copied creature will also work.