Walking Wall
Artifact Creature — Wall
Defender
: This creature gets +3/-1 until end of turn and can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #24761
Walking Wall is a 0/6 defender for three mana that pays one mana to become a 3/1 attacker until end of turn — functional, but asking you to pay twice for a creature that still dies to a stiff breeze on offense. Strictly niche territory: run it only if you're building around the pump activation itself, not for the wall.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Walking Wall is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and banned from the more modern formats entirely by legality cutoffs rather than power concerns. In Commander it occupies a narrow lane — artifact-matters shells led by commanders like Memnarch or Sydri, Galvanic Genius can extract value from its artifact typing, and Arcum Dagsson lists that need cheap artifact bodies to sacrifice will occasionally slot it. Outside of those specific homes, Walking Wall is outclassed by nearly every other defensive artifact available. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it; the formats move too fast for a three-mana wall with a costly activation.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Walking Wall is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. It won't hold or gain value, but if a Sydri or artifact-synergy build calls for it, the price is no obstacle.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.