First printed in Aether Revolt (2017)

All 11 prints

Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #371, 2025
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #238, 2024
Fallout (PIP) #352, 2024
Fallout (PIP) #880, 2024
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1265, 2023
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #806, 2022
Double Masters (2XM) #306, 2020
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #58, 2020
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #69991, 2018 (digital)
Aether Revolt (AER) #181, 2017
Aether Revolt Promos (PAER) #181s, 2017

Walking Ballista

Artifact Creature — Construct

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
4 generic : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

In the last 30 days 8.9% of Modern decks played it (12 of 135). Most played in Eldrazi Tron. In the last 30 days 11.1% of Duel Commander decks played it (1 of 9). Most played in WG (unclassified).

Staple

Modern staples: sideboard, 9% of decks (#33)
Colorless, Creatures, Artifacts, Removal, Creature removal, Burn

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Banned
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 12 of 135 decks (8.9%).

Share of decks

8.9%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 12 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

52%

5 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Eldrazi Tron	6.7%	100%
UB (unclassified)	3.0%	75%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Eldrazi Tron Odin2015 in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Eldrazi Tron Bradykiesling13 in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
UB MAFS in Modern Challenge 32	5-3 63%
UB GLSwadow in Modern Challenge 32	4-3 57%
Eldrazi Tron Antarctica in Modern Challenge 16	3-3 50%
Eldrazi Tron AKvsJJ in Modern Challenge 32	2-3 40%
Eldrazi Tron gamerl in Modern Challenge 16	2-3 40%
Eldrazi Tron _Batutinha_ in Modern Challenge 32	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Eldrazi Tron LFC, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
Eldrazi Tron LFC, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
Eldrazi Tron Kakoijelev, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
Eldrazi Tron Odin2015, 27 Oct	1 side	#5 5-2
UB GLSwadow, 27 Oct	1 side	#8 4-3
Eldrazi Tron AKvsJJ, 27 Oct	1 side	#19 2-3
UB MAFS, 27 Oct	1 side	#29 2-4
Eldrazi Tron Antarctica, 27 Oct	1 side	#6 3-3

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 1 of 9 decks (11.1%).