Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{R}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Minion
- Power / toughness
- 5 / 5
- Set
- Secret Lair Countdown #51 (rare)
Xantcha enters under the control of an opponent of your choice.
Xantcha attacks each combat if able and can't attack its owner or planeswalkers its owner controls.
{3}: Xantcha's controller loses 2 life and you draw a card. Any player may activate this ability.
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent has 10 printings, first in Commander 2018 (2018). EDHREC ranks it #3,062 among Commander cards. It appears most in Queen Marchesa decks (8,381 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 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
- Nature's Vengeance - Commander 2018, led by Lord Windgrace
Commanders that run Xantcha, Sleeper Agent most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Queen Marchesa: 8,381 decks
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Rulings
- : Xantcha's controller may activate its last ability. In this case, the same player loses 2 life and draws a card.
- : Xantcha's first ability is a replacement effect that modifies how it enters the battlefield, not a triggered ability. Players can't take actions (such as activating its last ability) while Xantcha's on the battlefield before it's controlled by another player.
- : The player who draws a card when Xantcha's last ability resolves is the player who activated the ability.
- : If a player creates a token that's a copy of Xantcha, the player who creates the token is its owner, not the player under whose control it enters the battlefield. This is a change from previous rules.
- : If Xantcha can't attack for any reason (such as being tapped or having come under that player's control that turn), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, the player isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
- : In a multiplayer game, if Xantcha's owner leaves the game, Xantcha leaves the game with them. If Xantcha's controller leaves the game, Xantcha is exiled. This is a change from previous rulings due to Xantcha's updated wording.