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Crypt Champion
Card Information
Type: Creature — Zombie
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity: 
Set: Dissension (DIS)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 40
Oracle Text
Double strike When this creature enters, each player puts a creature card with mana value 3 or less from their graveyard onto the battlefield. When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless {R} was spent to cast it.
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Card Rulings
- May 1, 2006
The first triggered ability isn't targeted, so the creature cards aren't chosen until the ability resolves. Each player chooses which creature card from their own graveyard to return. If a player doesn't have an applicable creature card, that player does nothing. If a player does have any applicable cards, that player must return one to the battlefield.
Source: wotc - May 1, 2006
If this enters in a way other than announcing it as a spell, then the appropriate mana can't have been paid, and you'll have to sacrifice it.
Source: wotc
Price History
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