Heavy Ballista
Creature — Human Soldier
: This creature deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #28305
Heavy Ballista trades itself to deal 2 damage to any target — a one-time removal spell stapled to a 2/1 body for three mana. That rate is too slow for most competitive tables, but in Pauper and lower-power Commander it fills a role when you need redundant pingers on a creature type.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Heavy Ballista is a Pauper-legal common, and that's the format where it sees the most plausible use — creature-based damage outlets matter there, and the common card pool is shallow enough that a 2/1 with a death trigger pulls some weight. In Commander, three mana for a single point of conditional removal on a fragile body is well below the bar; the format's threat density demands repeatable interaction, not one-shots. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — Heavy Ballista has no competitive footing in either.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Heavy Ballista is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card power. Bulk commons rarely move in price, so there's no reason to expect this one to budge.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.