---
name: "Formation Breaker"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "143"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Eelis Kyttanen"
oracle_id: "82f59ac4-bf94-4fa2-9457-f0bec8360bd9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/formation-breaker-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Formation Breaker
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block it.
As long as you control a creature with a counter on it, this creature gets +1/+2.

> *„Die Kriegsstürmer wirken unruhig. Lass sie heraus, damit sie ein wenig spielen können."
—Ermaz, Abzan-Grenzwache*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Battlefront Krushok](/printing/battlefront-krushok-clu.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Spellbreaker Behemoth](/printing/spellbreaker-behemoth-p09.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Linebreaker Baloth](/printing/linebreaker-baloth-dmu.md) — Creature — Beast
4. [Aura Gnarlid](/printing/aura-gnarlid-pc2.md) — Creature — Beast
5. [Brambleback Brute](/printing/brambleback-brute-ecl.md) — Creature — Giant Warrior
6. [Breaker of Armies](/printing/breaker-of-armies-bfz.md) — Creature — Eldrazi

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #143
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Eelis Kyttanen
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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