Champion of Wits
Champion of Wits: Creature - Snake Wizard, Aetherdrift Commander. When this creature enters, you may draw cards equal to its power. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Snake Wizard
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
- Released
- 2025-02-14
- Collector number
- 72
- Artist
- Even Amundsen
- Commander rank
- 7,072 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Eternalize
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About Champion of Wits
Champion of Wits is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 72 in that set, with art by Even Amundsen. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Hour of Devastation (2017) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When this creature enters, you may draw cards equal to its power. If you do, discard two cards.
Eternalize {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Wizard with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (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 Wits 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 |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Champion of Wits
Champion of Wits has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #213 | Rare | 2022 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #80 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #116 | Rare | 2021 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #53 | Rare | 2020 |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) #31 | Rare | 2017 |
| Hour of Devastation Promos (PHOU) #31s | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Champion of Wits, newest first.
- If the card copied by the token had any “when [this permanent] enters the battlefield” abilities, then the token also has those abilities and will trigger them when it's created. Similarly, any “as [this permanent] enters the battlefield” or “[this permanent] enters the battlefield with” abilities that the token has copied will also work.
- The token is a Zombie in addition to its other types and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 4/4. It has no mana cost, and thus its mana value is 0. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
- The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, except the characteristics specifically modified by eternalize. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
- If a creature card with eternalize is put into your graveyard during your main phase, you'll have priority immediately afterward. You can activate its eternalize ability before any player can try to exile it, such as with Crook of Condemnation, if it's legal for you to do so.
- Use Champion of Wits's power as the first ability resolves to determine if you want to use the ability and how many cards you draw if you do. If you use the ability, you discard two cards regardless of how many cards you draw. If Champion of Wits leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, use its last known power.
- For each card with eternalize, a corresponding game play supplement token can be found in some Hour of Devastation booster packs. These supplements are not required to play with cards with eternalize; you can use the same items to represent an eternalized token as you would any other token.
- Once you've activated an eternalize ability, the card is immediately exiled. Opponents can't try to stop the ability by exiling the card with an effect such as that of Crook of Condemnation.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Champion of Wits is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.