---
name: "Phalanx Formation"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Strive"]
set: "JOU"
set_name: "Journey into Nyx"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "799e7bb4-b03c-4568-b321-7810868bdcd7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phalanx-formation-jou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Phalanx Formation
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Strive

## Oracle Text
Strive — This spell costs {1}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Any number of target creatures each gain double strike until end of turn. (They deal both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Call the Coppercoats](/printing/call-the-coppercoats-onc.md) — Instant
2. [Twinflame](/printing/twinflame-jou.md) — Sorcery
3. [Kiora's Dismissal](/printing/kioras-dismissal-jou.md) — Instant
4. [Polymorphous Rush](/printing/polymorphous-rush-jou.md) — Instant
5. [Nature's Panoply](/printing/natures-panoply-jou.md) — Instant
6. [Setessan Tactics](/printing/setessan-tactics-jou.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Journey into Nyx (JOU) #21
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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