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 6.3% of Modern decks played it (17 of 268). Most played in Golgari Broodscale. In the last 30 days 1.5% of Legacy decks played it (4 of 264). Most played in Tron.

Staple

Modern staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#202); sideboard, 5% of decks (#47)
Colorless, Creatures, Artifacts, Removal, Creature removal, Burn
Vintage staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#269)
Colorless, Creatures, Artifacts, Removal, Creature removal, Burn
Commander staples: main deck, 10% of decks (#203)
Colorless, Creatures, Artifacts, Removal, Creature removal, Burn

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

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 17 of 268 decks (6.3%).

Share of decks

6.3%

▲ 6.3 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

3 main, 15 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.0

in the main deck

Win rate

52%

5 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Golgari Broodscale	19.4%	6%
Eldrazi Tron	4.1%	100%
UB (unclassified)	1.9%	60%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Basking Broodscale	100%	5.2
Springleaf Drum	100%	5.2
Blade of the Bloodchief	100%	5.2
Ancient Stirrings	100%	5.1
Vexing Bauble	100%	5.1
Haywire Mite	100%	4.6
Sowing Mycospawn	100%	4.5
Emrakul, the Promised End	100%	4.3
Malevolent Rumble	100%	3.9
Eldrazi Temple	100%	3.7

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 Kakoijelev, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
Eldrazi Tron LFC, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
Eldrazi Tron LFC, 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

Legacy Other periods →

In 4 of 264 decks (1.5%).

Share of decks

1.5%

▲ 1.5 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 3 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

88%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Tron	4.9%	23%
WG (unclassified)	0.4%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WG Nyles Breecher in From The Vault: Legacy 36 $1K	7-1 88%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Tron Alexander Herr Decius, 4 Oct	1 side	#5 3-0
Tron Steve Van den Bulck, 4 Oct	1 side	#9 3-1
Tron Philipp Schröder, 4 Oct	1 side	#15 2-2
WG Nyles Breecher, 3 Oct	1 main	#1 7-1

Commander Other periods →

In 618 of 6150 decks (10.0%).

Share of decks

10.0%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

618

618 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

24%

100 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy	7.4%	23%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero	5.7%	2%
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain	5.1%	1%
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Tymna the Weaver	3.5%	7%
Vivi Ornitier	2.2%	1%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw	2.1%	1%
Tayam, Luminous Enigma	1.9%	13%
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful	1.8%	6%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	96%	1.0
Gemstone Caverns	92%	1.0
Lotus Petal	92%	1.0
Chrome Mox	89%	1.0
Ancient Tomb	89%	1.0
Command Tower	81%	0.9
Mana Vault	81%	0.9
Mox Diamond	81%	0.9
Mana Confluence	68%	0.9
City of Brass	67%	0.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Zirda, the Dawnwaker [Heineken] Fali in The Warsaw Pact 2.0 - cEDH European Championship Qualifier	5-1 83%
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds Micky McIntosh in Bards and Cards Anniversary C-EDH Tourny	4-1 80%
Brigid, Clachan's Heart Muffinman in BAKED ZITI 4: Goldsabertooth’s NY cEDH	5-2 71%
Zirda, the Dawnwaker Hunter Baker in Tabletop Tavern \| Win-A-Dual cEDH Tournament - OCTOBER 2026	4-2 67%
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Tymna the Weaver Redza Arbee in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	4-2 67%
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn Josh Rosenstein in LDXP Sacramento - CEDH	3-2 60%
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave Jordan Drake [Monolith] in Commander Invitational Qualifier - The Gathering Place	3-2 60%
Zirda, the Dawnwaker Braevry Davis [HILL] in Bob Koepke Memorial Tournament: A CEDH Tournament Benefitting 988 Lifeline	3-2 60%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Zirda, the Dawnwaker Danny Zeigler, 26 Oct	1 main	#17 1-3
Francisco, Fowl Marauder + Thrasios, Triton Hero Ian Teruya, 26 Oct	1 main	#18 0-4
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Derick Brewster, 25 Oct	1 main	#4 2-2
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Jesus Rojas, 25 Oct	1 main	#6 2-2
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Daniel Davis, 25 Oct	1 main	#7 2-3
Helga, Skittish Seer Tyson LoPresti, 25 Oct	1 main	#16 0-2
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin dami, 25 Oct	1 main	#23 0-2
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero Nicholas D. Bottoms, 25 Oct	1 main	#26 0-4

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 1 of 9 decks (11.1%).

Share of decks

11.1%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
WG (unclassified)	11.1%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WG DuelCastMTG, 26 Oct	1 main	5-0

No recent decks in: Vintage.