---
name: "Makeshift Battalion"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Battalion"]
set: "WAR"
set_name: "War of the Spark"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zoltan Boros"
oracle_id: "8b6e2feb-9e8f-4912-ada0-1614502d9813"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/makeshift-battalion-war"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Makeshift Battalion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Battalion

## Oracle Text
Battalion — Whenever this creature and at least two other creatures attack, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

> *Ihre Reihen sind licht, die Formation improvisiert, die Waffen nur geborgt — aber du solltest ihnen nicht in die Quere kommen.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Boros Elite](/printing/boros-elite-gk1.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Nav Squad Commandos](/printing/nav-squad-commandos-gtc.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Warmind Infantry](/printing/warmind-infantry-gtc.md) — Creature — Elemental Soldier
4. [Wojek Halberdiers](/printing/wojek-halberdiers-gtc.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Bomber Corps](/printing/bomber-corps-plst.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Dauntless Veteran](/printing/dauntless-veteran-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** War of the Spark (WAR) #22
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros
- **Total Printings:** 30 across all historical editions

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