Aspiring Champion

Aspiring Champion

Creature — Astartes Warrior

Mana cost: {3}{R}

How we read this card

Menace
When this creature deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it. If you do, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle the rest into your library. If that creature is a Demon, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.

triggered —

triggered —

triggered —

triggered — deals its power damage

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put a creature onto the battlefield, shuffle a library, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Warrior attacks — 1,319 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

  1. Najeela, the Blade-Blossom — When Aspiring Champion attacks, Najeela, the Blade-Blossom makes a token

a Warrior deals combat damage — 1,319 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

  1. Raiders' Spoils — When Aspiring Champion deals combat damage, Raiders' Spoils makes you lose life

a Warrior creature enters the battlefield — 1,401 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

  1. Obsidian Battle-Axe — When Aspiring Champion enters, Obsidian Battle-Axe triggers

a Warrior enters the battlefield — 1,403 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

When Aspiring Champion enters:

  1. Mardu Woe-Reaper — hits a graveyard
  2. Thrasher Brute — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Decorated Champion — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

When you sacrifice Aspiring Champion:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

When you sacrifice Aspiring Champion:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

When Aspiring Champion is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Thwart the Grave — can bring it back
  3. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  4. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  5. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  6. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  7. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  8. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  9. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  10. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

When Aspiring Champion dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

When Aspiring Champion dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life

459 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Aspiring Champion leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Aspiring Champion fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Aspiring Champion attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

149 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Aspiring Champion attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

220 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it brings a card back
  2. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it mills a card
  3. Sludge Titan — When Sludge Titan enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it mills a card
  4. Moriok Scavenger — When Moriok Scavenger enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it brings a card back
  5. Corpse Cur — When Corpse Cur enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it brings a card back
  6. Rayblade Trooper — When Rayblade Trooper enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it puts a counter on a creature
  7. Puppeteer Clique — When Puppeteer Clique enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it brings a card back
  8. Crypt Angel — When Crypt Angel enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it brings a card back
  9. Enslaved Horror — When Enslaved Horror enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it brings a card back

452 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Aspiring Champion is one).

  1. The Master, Transcendent — When The Master, Transcendent enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it puts 2 counters on a permanent
  2. Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest — When Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it brings a card back
  3. Alharu, Solemn Ritualist — When Alharu, Solemn Ritualist enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it puts a counter on a creature
  4. Garna, the Bloodflame — When Garna, the Bloodflame enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it brings a card back
  5. Ruxa, Patient Professor — When Ruxa, Patient Professor enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it brings a card back
  6. Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life — When Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life enters thanks to Aspiring Champion, it becomes prepared

106 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.