Champion of Wits
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Snake Wizard
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 1
- Set
- Forgotten Realms Commander #80 (rare)
- Price
- $0.25 USD
When this creature enters, you may draw cards equal to its power. If you do, discard two cards.
Eternalize {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Wizard with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)
Champion of Wits has 7 printings, first in Hour of Devastation (2017). EDHREC ranks it #7,265 among Commander cards. It appears most in Hashaton, Scarab's Fist decks (4,716 on EDHREC). 4 public decks on TCG run it. It has 7 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Champion of Wits
- Dungeons of Death - Forgotten Realms Commander, led by Sefris of the Hidden Ways
- Eternal Might - Aetherdrift Commander, led by Temmet, Naktamun's Will
- Obscura Operation - New Capenna Commander, led by Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
- Quantum Quandrix - Commander 2021, led by Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Commanders that run Champion of Wits most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist: 4,716 decks
- Temmet, Naktamun's Will: 2,670 decks
- Sefris of the Hidden Ways: 1,736 decks
- The Mimeoplasm: 985 decks
- Araumi of the Dead Tide: 564 decks
- Adrix and Nev, Twincasters: 516 decks
- Dynaheir, Invoker Adept: 484 decks
- Neerdiv, Devious Diver: 391 decks
Often played with Champion of Wits
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the card copied by the token had any “when [this permanent] enters the battlefield” abilities, then the token also has those abilities and will trigger them when it's created. Similarly, any “as [this permanent] enters the battlefield” or “[this permanent] enters the battlefield with” abilities that the token has copied will also work.
- : The token is a Zombie in addition to its other types and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 4/4. It has no mana cost, and thus its mana value is 0. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
- : The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, except the characteristics specifically modified by eternalize. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
- : If a creature card with eternalize is put into your graveyard during your main phase, you'll have priority immediately afterward. You can activate its eternalize ability before any player can try to exile it, such as with Crook of Condemnation, if it's legal for you to do so.
- : Use Champion of Wits's power as the first ability resolves to determine if you want to use the ability and how many cards you draw if you do. If you use the ability, you discard two cards regardless of how many cards you draw. If Champion of Wits leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, use its last known power.
- : For each card with eternalize, a corresponding game play supplement token can be found in some Hour of Devastation booster packs. These supplements are not required to play with cards with eternalize; you can use the same items to represent an eternalized token as you would any other token.
- : Once you've activated an eternalize ability, the card is immediately exiled. Opponents can't try to stop the ability by exiling the card with an effect such as that of Crook of Condemnation.