Battalion

Battalion is an ability word introduced in Gatecrash, wherein it is the Boros Legion guild mechanic. 
==Description==
Battalion gives an advantageous effect when a creature with battalion attacks alongside 2 or more other creatures. The mechanic was designed or inspired by Shawn Main, who, for the Great Designer Search 2, submitted "Assault". Dragon's Maze added 2 cards with batallion.
Further cards would be added in Unstable, Doctor Who, Ravnica: Clue Edition and Fallout.
==Rulings==
*The three attacking creatures don't have to be attacking the same player or planeswalker.
*Once a battalion ability has triggered, it doesn't matter how many creatures are still attacking when that ability resolves.
*The effects of battalion abilities vary from card to card. Read each card carefully.
==Examples==
==Trivia==
*<c>Haazda Marshal</c> and <c>Makeshift Battalion</c> both have unlisted Battalion; the cards are a callback, as both are from sets from Ravnica. <c>Kytheon, Hero of Akros</c> also has unlisted Battalion, though the connection is a more obscure reference, with Akros being a -flavored city as well as Gideon working with the Boros Legion during his time on Ravnica.
*<c>Odric, Master Tactician</c> has a more demanding version of Battalion that "casts" a much more powerful spell (<c>Master Warcraft</c>, also a Boros card).
*<c>Legion's Landing</c>, <c>Warcry Phoenix</c>, <c>Phoenix Chick</c>, <c>Windbrisk Heights</c>, <c>Gallia of the Endless Dance</c>, <c>Inniaz, the Gale Force</c> (fliers only) and <c>Overwhelming Instinct</c> trigger off attacking with three or more creatures, which can exclude the ability holder itself.
**Five more cards from Murders at Karlov Manor trigger off three controlled attackers, as part of a mechanical reference to Battalion.
*On silver bordered cards, one variant of <c>Garbage Elemental</c> has Battalion.
==References==