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Wall of Corpses

Creature — Wall1 generic manaBlack mana

A wall that doesn't just hold the line: it executes whatever runs into it. The body blocks like any defender, but the second clause turns that block into a guaranteed kill, trading the wall itself plus a black mana to destroy the attacker it stopped. The targeting clause keeps the rate honest: destruction only fires on a creature this wall is currently blocking, so it cannot be pointed wherever you like. You have to commit to the block first, eat the assignment, then cash in. That sequencing means the trade happens inside the combat step, after attackers are declared and blocks are locked, which lets it answer a creature that would otherwise punch through or survive ordinary damage. It is, in effect, a deathtouch blocker rebuilt out of an activated sacrifice rather than a keyword: same outcome (one attacker dies for one wall), different machinery, with the black mana acting as the cost that stops the trade from running away. The Wall typing also means it sits behind your line as a deterrent before it ever blocks, since an opponent has to weigh whether the swing is worth feeding the sacrifice. A modest piece, but a clean early example of defensive creatures asked to do more than soak damage.

Wall of Corpses (mir)
MIR · #151common
Pricing
Normal: $0.13
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Black mana, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target creature this creature is blocking.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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