---
name: "Helm of Chatzuk"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "SUM"
set_name: "Summer Magic / Edgar"
collector_number: "250"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "948e3bb7-8265-4e95-acd1-a0c4f22441df"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/helm-of-chatzuk-sum"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Helm of Chatzuk
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{1}, {T}: 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. [Baton of Morale](/printing/baton-of-morale-ice.md) — Artifact
2. [Formation](/printing/formation-ice.md) — Instant
3. [Chatzuk, Mighty Guitarist](/printing/chatzuk-mighty-guitarist-mb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Bard
4. [Benalish Hero](/printing/benalish-hero-me1.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Kjeldoran Warrior](/printing/kjeldoran-warrior-ice.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
6. [Shield Bearer](/printing/shield-bearer-me2.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Summer Magic / Edgar (SUM) #250
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`

## Official Rulings
- *(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.
- *(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.
- *(2009-10-01)* If a creature in combat has banding, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.