---
name: "Benalish Hero"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Banding"]
set: "LEA"
set_name: "Limited Edition Alpha"
collector_number: "4"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "4c81cfb7-8765-4e28-ae33-4287fa9a86cc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/benalish-hero-lea"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Benalish Hero
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **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.)

> *Benalia has a complex caste system that changes with the lunar year. No matter what the season, the only caste that cannot be attained by either heredity or money is that of the hero.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Benalish Infantry](/printing/benalish-infantry-wth.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Kjeldoran Warrior](/printing/kjeldoran-warrior-ice.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Shield Bearer](/printing/shield-bearer-ice.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Kjeldoran Escort](/printing/kjeldoran-escort-all.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Icatian Phalanx](/printing/icatian-phalanx-fem.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Kjeldoran Knight](/printing/kjeldoran-knight-ice.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Limited Edition Alpha (LEA) #4
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler
- **Total Printings:** 37 across all historical editions

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