Champion of Rhonas
~$0.24 low · ~$1.20 high
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Green. Creature — Jackal Warrior

Amonkhet #159 · Illustrated by Winona Nelson
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Oracle text
You may exert this creature as it attacks. When you do, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
3/3
The only way to finish the Trial of Strength is with a basilisk scale in hand.
Format legality
All 2 printings of Champion of Rhonas
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amonkhet akh #159· 2017rare· Cardmarket €0.22 · €0.88 foil | rare | $0.24 | $0.58 | €0.22€0.88 foil | |
Amonkhet Promos pakh #159s· 2017Promorare· Cardmarket €1.35 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $1.20 | €1.35 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #14,321 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Exert
- Artist
- Winona Nelson
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Amonkhet card (#159).
159 · AKH · R · EN
- 159Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- AKHSet code for Amonkhet
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (6)
April 18, 2017
You can’t exert a creature unless an effect allows you to do so. Similar effects that “tap and freeze” a creature (such as that of Decision Paralysis) don’t exert that creature.
April 18, 2017
If you gain control of another player’s creature until end of turn and exert it, it will untap during that player’s untap step.
April 18, 2017
All attackers are chosen at once. You can’t attack with Champion of Rhonas, put a creature card onto the battlefield, and then attack with that creature.
April 18, 2017
If an exerted creature is already untapped during your next untap step (most likely because it had vigilance or an effect untapped it), exert’s effect preventing it from untapping expires without having done anything.
April 18, 2017
All cards in the Amonkhet set that let you exert a creature let you do so as you declare it as an attacking creature, as do some of the cards in the Hour of Devastation set. You can’t do so later in combat, and creatures put onto the battlefield attacking can’t be exerted. Any abilities that trigger on exerting an attacking creature will resolve before blockers are declared.
April 18, 2017
If the creature put onto the battlefield has any abilities that trigger when creatures attack or when you exert creatures, those abilities won’t trigger.
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