Walking Bulwark: Stance and Strike
Walking Bulwark is a compact defensive option for artifact decks and token builds that need a reliable wall with utility. The art shows a hulking golem planting a massive shield into the ground while arcane light spills across the face of the slab, which underscores the card's dual nature as both barrier and catalyst. With a single colorless mana cost you get a 0/3 defender that sits well on the front lines and complements tempo plays where preserving life total matters.
Its activated ability turns a blocker into an attacker by paying two colorless mana and waiting until your main phase to activate it. Target creature with defender gains haste and can attack as though it did not have defender and assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. That clause creates interesting combat math with high toughness walls or cards that modify toughness, and it makes Walking Bulwark a useful toolbox piece in artifact focused commanders. Add this Near Mint English print to a Commander: Tarkir: Dragonstorm collection for a practical way to pivot defense into offense; pick it up and slot it into your next brew.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {1}
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Card Type – Artifact Creature
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Subtypes – Golem
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Defender. 2: Until end of turn, target creature with defender gains haste, can attack as though it didn’t have defender, and assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Activate only as a sorcery.
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Power / Toughness – 0/3
