Celestial Crusader
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}{W}
- Type
- Creature — Spirit
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret #14 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.31 USD
Flash
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Flying
Other white creatures get +1/+1.
Celestial Crusader has 5 printings, first in Time Spiral (2006). EDHREC ranks it #16,207 among Commander cards. It appears most in King of the Oathbreakers decks (1,300 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 7 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Celestial Crusader
- Forged in Stone - Commander 2014, led by Nahiri, the Lithomancer
Commanders that run Celestial Crusader most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- King of the Oathbreakers: 1,300 decks
- Celestial Kirin: 193 decks
- Oyobi, Who Split the Heavens: 149 decks
- Crovax, Ascendant Hero: 116 decks
- Nahiri, the Lithomancer: 77 decks
- Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr // Katilda's Rising Dawn: 62 decks
- Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon": 51 decks
- Hikari, Twilight Guardian: 31 decks
Often played with Celestial Crusader
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the resolution of a triggered ability involves casting a spell, that spell can't be cast if a spell with split second is on the stack.
- : After a spell with split second resolves (or otherwise leaves the stack), players may again cast spells and activate abilities before the next object on the stack resolves.
- : Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a white creature may become lethal if Celestial Crusader leaves the battlefield during that turn.
- : Split second doesn't stop triggered abilities from triggering, such as that of Chalice of the Void. If one does, its controller puts it on the stack and chooses targets for it, if any. Those abilities will resolve as normal.
- : Players still get priority while a card with split second is on the stack; their options are just limited to mana abilities and certain special actions.
- : Players may turn face-down creatures face up while a spell with split second is on the stack.
- : Casting a spell with split second won't affect spells and abilities that are already on the stack.