Champion of Stray Souls
Champion of Stray Souls: Creature - Skeleton Warrior, Commander 2019. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Creature - Skeleton Warrior
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 4/4
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Commander 2019 (C19)
- Released
- 2019-08-23
- Collector number
- 109
- Artist
- Aleksi Briclot
- Commander rank
- 14,672 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Champion of Stray Souls
Champion of Stray Souls is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black creature from Commander 2019 (C19), a Commander product released in August 2019. It is collector number 109 in that set, with art by Aleksi Briclot. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Born of the Gods (2014) to Commander 2019 (2019). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.46 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
{3}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice X other creatures: Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.
{5}{B}{B}: Put this card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.46 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Champion of Stray Souls by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Champion of Stray Souls
Champion of Stray Souls has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander Anthology (CMA) #51 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Commander 2015 (C15) #119 | Mythic | 2015 |
| Born of the Gods (BNG) #63 | Mythic | 2014 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Champion of Stray Souls, newest first.
- The last ability can be activated only if Champion of Stray Souls is in your graveyard.
- You choose the targets of the first ability as you activate that ability, before you pay any costs. You can't target any of the creatures you sacrifice.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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