Garrulous Sycophant
Garrulous Sycophant: Creature - Human Advisor, Conspiracy: Take the Crown. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Human Advisor
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/4
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2)
- Released
- 2016-08-26
- Collector number
- 43
- Artist
- Lake Hurwitz
About Garrulous Sycophant
Garrulous Sycophant is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black creature from Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2), a draft-focused set released in August 2016. It is collector number 43 in that set, with art by Lake Hurwitz. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Pauper Commander. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Conspiracy: Take the Crown (2016) to Treasure Chest (2016). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-18).
Card text
At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
"Marchesa's poison is delivered by more than daggers." -Adriana, Captain of the Guard
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-10-18).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Garrulous Sycophant by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
Other printings of Garrulous Sycophant
Garrulous Sycophant has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure Chest (PZ2) #17 | Common | 2016 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Garrulous Sycophant, newest first.
- The last ability of Garrulous Sycophant checks to see if you're the monarch as your end step begins. If you're not, the ability won't trigger at all. You won't be able to do anything that would make you the monarch during your end step in time to have that ability trigger. The ability will also check to see if you're the monarch as it tries to resolve. If you're not the monarch at that time, the ability will have no effect.
- Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
- Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.
- The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
- If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
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