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"Find me cards equivalent to: Formation"

Equivalent cards to Formation (instant, white, grants banding, draws a card) are extremely rare, as banding is a discontinued mechanic and card draw on white instants is uncommon. Here are similar white instants:

  • Formation (for reference)
  • Banding (Alpha, instant, white): Gives a creature banding until end of turn.
  • Rally (Fallen Empires, instant, white): All blocking creatures gain banding until end of turn.
  • Energy Tap (not white, for reference, grants banding in other colors, but doesn't draw card)
  • Acrobatic Maneuver (Kaladesh, instant, white): Exiles a creature, returns it, draws a card. White instant, draws, but does not grant banding.

To summarize: No other white instant is exactly equivalent to Formation. Only Banding and Rally grant banding via white instant spells, but neither draws a card. Acrobatic Maneuver is a white instant that draws a card and protects a creature, but not with banding.

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Acrobatic Maneuver

Energy Tap

Formation

Rally

Acrobatic Maneuver #1 Instant

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 3
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  • After the creature returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the creature that was exiled. It won't be in combat or have any additional abilities it may have had before it was exiled. Any +1/+1 counters on it or Auras attached to it are removed, and any Equipment will no longer be attached.
  • If a creature token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.

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    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Draw a card.

    Energy Tap #54 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Tap target untapped creature you control. If you do, add an amount of equal to that creature's mana value.

    Formation #25 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • A maximum of one nonbanding creature can join an attacking band no matter how many creatures with banding are in it.
  • Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.
  • If a creature with banding attacks, it can team up with any number of other attacking creatures with banding (and up to one nonbanding creature) and attack as a unit called a "band." The band can be blocked by any creature that could block a single creature in the band. Blocking any creature in a band blocks the entire band. If a creature with banding is blocked, the attacking player chooses how the blockers' damage is assigned.
  • If a creature in combat has banding, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (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 a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

    Rally #48 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Instant
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    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.07 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.19 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Blocking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.