Crypt Champion is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card 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 unlesswas spent to cast it.
How it works : Crypt Champion
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Crypt Champion + Fiend Hunter + Goblin Bombardment
Infinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Fiend Hunter by paying
. - 2Fiend Hunter enters the battlefield, exiling Crypt Champion.
- 3Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Fiend Hunter.
- 4Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield, returning Crypt Champion from exile to the battlefield.
- 5Crypt Champion enters the battlefield, triggering its first and second abilities.
- 6Resolve the first Crypt Champion trigger, returning Fiend Hunter from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
- 8Once you have a large amount of Goblin Bombardment triggers, you may stop the loop and deal infinite damage to any target(s).
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#2
Saffi Eriksdotter + Crypt Champion
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Crypt Champion by paying
, ensuring not to spend to cast it. - 2Crypt Champion enters the battlefield, triggering its first and second abilities.
- 3Holding priority, activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Crypt Champion.
- 4Resolve the first Crypt Champion trigger, returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the second Crypt Champion trigger, sacrificing it.
- 6Saffi triggers, returning Crypt Champion from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
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#3
Crypt Champion + Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Glasspool Mimic by paying
, without using , having it enter the battlefield as a copy of Crypt Champion. - 2Glasspool Mimic enters the battlefield, triggering its first and second abilities.
- 3Resolve the second Glasspool Mimic trigger, causing you to sacrifice it.
- 4Resolve the first Glasspool Mimic trigger, returning Glasspool Mimic from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Crypt Champion.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
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#4
Crypt Champion + Phantasmal Image
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Phantasmal Image by paying , without using , having it enter the battlefield as a copy of Crypt Champion.
- 2Phantasmal Image enters the battlefield, triggering its first and second abilities.
- 3Resolve the second Phantasmal Image trigger, causing you to sacrifice it.
- 4Resolve the first Phantasmal Image trigger, returning Phantasmal Image from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Crypt Champion.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
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#5
Crypt Champion + Fiend Hunter + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Fiend Hunter by paying .
- 2Fiend Hunter enters the battlefield, exiling Crypt Champion.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Fiend Hunter, adding
. - 4Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield, returning Crypt Champion from exile to the battlefield.
- 5Crypt Champion enters the battlefield, triggering its first and second abilities.
- 6Resolve the first Crypt Champion trigger, returning Fiend Hunter from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
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#6
Crypt Champion + Mirror Image
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Mirror Image by paying , without using , having it enter the battlefield as a copy of Crypt Champion.
- 2Mirror Image enters the battlefield, triggering its first and second abilities.
- 3Resolve the second Mirror Image trigger, causing you to sacrifice it.
- 4Resolve the first Mirror Image trigger, returning Mirror Image from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Crypt Champion.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
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#7
Crypt Champion + Fiend Hunter + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Fiend Hunter by paying .
- 2Fiend Hunter enters the battlefield, exiling Crypt Champion.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Fiend Hunter, adding one mana of any color.
- 4Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield, returning Crypt Champion from exile to the battlefield.
- 5Crypt Champion enters the battlefield, triggering its first and second abilities.
- 6Resolve the first Crypt Champion trigger, returning Fiend Hunter from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
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Legal formats
modernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduelpredh
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