The Fourth Edition release of Magic: The Gathering features the white enchantment Fortified Area, a staple card for controlling the battlefield through banding mechanics.
Fortified Area
1995 • Magic: The Gathering • Fourth Edition
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Released in 1995 as part of the foundational Fourth Edition set, Fortified Area (Card #26) is a white mana enchantment designed to bolster defensive strategies. Illustrated by Randy Asplund-Faith, this common card costs three mana to play and provides a significant tactical advantage to creatures with the wall type. Specifically, walls you control receive a +1/+0 power boost and gain the banding ability, allowing them to group together for more flexible combat interactions. This mechanic enables players to divide damage among blocking creatures, offering unique defensive options that are central to the game's early strategic landscape. Collectors often seek this card to complete their Fourth Edition sets or to appreciate the classic design elements that defined the format during this era. The card's straightforward yet powerful effect makes it a recognizable piece of Magic: The Gathering history, appealing to both veteran players and new collectors interested in the game's evolution. Its inclusion in the base set underscores its importance in the early meta, where resource management and creature control were paramount. For those building a collection of vintage trading card game artifacts, this card represents a key component of the 1995 release, offering a tangible connection to the game's rich heritage.
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Fortified Area
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Common
Randy Asplund-Faith
Card Stock
English
{1}{W}{W}
Enchantment
W
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Wall creatures you control get +1/+0 and have banding. (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 you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)