---
name: "Errand of Duty"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ME2"
set_name: "Masters Edition II"
collector_number: "12"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Julie Baroh"
oracle_id: "977f0d8d-4359-44ae-8f22-2103ea909c40"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/errand-of-duty-me2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Errand of Duty
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Create a 1/1 white Knight creature token with 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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kjeldoran Knight](/printing/kjeldoran-knight-ice.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Kjeldoran Escort](/printing/kjeldoran-escort-all.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Kjeldoran Warrior](/printing/kjeldoran-warrior-ice.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Benalish Hero](/printing/benalish-hero-me1.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Knights of Thorn](/printing/knights-of-thorn-me1.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Shield Bearer](/printing/shield-bearer-me2.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition II (ME2) #12
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Julie Baroh

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2008-10-01)* Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.
- *(2008-10-01)* A maximum of one nonbanding creature can join an attacking band no matter how many creatures with banding are in it.
- *(2008-10-01)* If a creature with banding attacks, it can team up with any number of other attacking creatures with banding (and up to one nonbanding creature) and attack as a unit called a "band." The band can be blocked by any creature that could block a single creature in the band. Blocking any creature in a band blocks the entire band. If a creature with banding is blocked, the attacking player chooses how the blockers' damage is assigned.
- *(2009-10-01)* If a creature in combat has banding, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.