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Champion of the Path
Card Information
Type: Creature — Elemental Sorcerer
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 130
Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold an Elemental and exile it. (Exile an Elemental you control or an Elemental card from your hand.) Whenever another Elemental you control enters, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.
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Card Rulings
- November 17, 2025
If an Elemental you control that isn't a creature enters (probably because it's a kindred permanent with the Elemental subtype), Champion of the Path's second ability will still trigger. If that Elemental still isn't a creature when the ability resolves, the ability won't deal any damage.
Source: wotc - November 17, 2025
If the Elemental that caused Champion of the Path's second ability to trigger is no longer on the battlefield when that ability resolves, use that Elemental's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage is dealt.
Source: wotc - November 17, 2025
If Champion of the Path is countered or otherwise fails to resolve, the beheld card will remain in exile indefinitely.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.