Champion

Keywords · intermediate

Champion has a creature exile another of your creatures as it enters. It reads "Champion a [type]."

How it works

• When a creature with champion enters, you sacrifice it unless you exile another creature of the named type that you control.
• When the championing creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled creature returns to the battlefield.

Rules notes

• The exiled creature returns as a new object, so its enters-the-battlefield abilities trigger again.
• If the championing creature is removed, you get the exiled creature back, which softens the loss.

Rule reference

[702.72]