---
name: "Baton of Morale"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "ICE"
set_name: "Ice Age"
collector_number: "313"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "879011c6-550e-4e33-a664-fffb655321d9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/baton-of-morale-ice"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Baton of Morale
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{2}: Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (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 a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Helm of Chatzuk](/printing/helm-of-chatzuk-3ed.md) — Artifact
2. [Formation](/printing/formation-ice.md) — Instant
3. [Benalish Hero](/printing/benalish-hero-lea.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Kjeldoran Warrior](/printing/kjeldoran-warrior-ice.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Benalish Infantry](/printing/benalish-infantry-wth.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Banding Sliver](/printing/banding-sliver-cmb1.md) — Creature — Sliver

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ice Age (ICE) #313
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler
- **Total Printings:** 6 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`