Champion of Wits (HOU #31)
Champion of Wits is a rare printing from Hour of Devastation (HOU #31), a Creature — Snake Wizard. Illustrated by Even Amundsen.
Card text
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.)
Details
| Mana cost | {2}{U} |
|---|---|
| Type | Creature — Snake Wizard |
| Power / Toughness | 2 / 1 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Set | Hour of Devastation (HOU) |
| Collector number | 31 |
| Artist | Even Amundsen |
| Released | 2017-07-14 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.25, foil $1.27 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Not legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Not legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Legal |
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Rulings
- July 14, 2017 — 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.
- July 14, 2017 — 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.
- July 14, 2017 — 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.
- July 14, 2017 — 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.
- July 14, 2017 — 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.
- July 14, 2017 — 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.
- July 14, 2017 — 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.
Other printings of Champion of Wits
Every MTGBrew page for another printing of Champion of Wits:
- Champion of Wits (AFC #80)
- Champion of Wits (AKR #53)
- Champion of Wits (C21 #116)
- Champion of Wits (DRC #72)
- Champion of Wits (NCC #213)
- Champion of Wits (PHOU #31s)
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