Star Athlete
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Human Warrior
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 2
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander #57 (rare)
- Price
- $0.84 USD
Menace
Whenever this creature attacks, choose up to one target nonland permanent. Its controller may sacrifice it. If they don't, this creature deals 5 damage to that player.
Blitz {3}{R} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
Star Athlete has 2 printings, first in Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). EDHREC ranks it #5,086 among Commander cards. It appears most in Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls decks (7,302 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Star Athlete
- Endless Punishment - Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander, led by Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Commanders that run Star Athlete most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls: 7,302 decks
- Isshin, Two Heavens as One: 3,656 decks
- Gornog, the Red Reaper: 3,186 decks
- The Lord of Pain: 1,897 decks
- The Jolly Balloon Man: 1,759 decks
- Kratos, God of War: 1,320 decks
- J. Jonah Jameson: 945 decks
- Gogo, Mysterious Mime: 746 decks
Often played with Star Athlete
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you pay the blitz cost to cast a creature spell, that permanent will be sacrificed only if it's still on the battlefield when that triggered ability resolves. If it dies or goes to another zone before then, it will stay where it is.
- : If a creature enters as a copy of or becomes a copy of a creature whose blitz cost was paid, the copy won't have haste, won't be sacrificed, and its controller won't draw a card when it dies.
- : If you choose to pay the blitz cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell. It goes on the stack and can be responded to and countered. You can cast a creature spell for its blitz cost only if you could cast that creature spell. Most of the time, this means during your main phase when the stack is empty.
- : If the creature was cast using its blitz ability, the triggered ability that lets its controller draw a card triggers when it dies for any reason, not just when you sacrifice it during the end step.
- : If the target permanent is an illegal target as Star Athlete's second ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will be dealt damage, and no permanents will be sacked . . . er, sacrificed.
- : You don't have to attack with the creature with blitz unless another ability says you do.