---
name: "Ayesha Tanaka"
mana_cost: "{W}{W}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Artificer"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Banding"]
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "220"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bryon Wackwitz"
oracle_id: "35e4ed0e-8ce2-4729-a009-0d6be8f47663"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ayesha-tanaka-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ayesha Tanaka
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{W}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Banding

## Oracle Text
Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
{T}: Counter target activated ability from an artifact source unless that ability's controller pays {W}. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer](/printing/ayesha-tanaka-armorer-dmc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
2. [Benalish Hero](/printing/benalish-hero-lea.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Shield Bearer](/printing/shield-bearer-ice.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Kjeldoran Warrior](/printing/kjeldoran-warrior-ice.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Kjeldoran Escort](/printing/kjeldoran-escort-all.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Baton of Morale](/printing/baton-of-morale-ice.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #220
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bryon Wackwitz
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`