Court of Vantress

Card text

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose up to one other target enchantment or artifact. If you're the monarch, you may create a token that's a copy of it. If you're not the monarch, you may have this enchantment become a copy of it, except it has this ability.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.07 (as of 2026-11-03).

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Format legality

Legality of Court of Vantress by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Court of Vantress

Court of Vantress has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Court of Vantress, newest first.

• 2023-09-01 When Court of Vantress becomes a copy of a permanent, it's neither entering nor leaving the battlefield. Any enters-the-battlefield or leaves-the-battlefield abilities won't trigger.
• 2023-09-01 The game starts with no monarch. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch. There is never more than one monarch at a time.
• 2023-09-01 There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "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."
• 2023-09-01 Court of Vantress copies the printed values of the enchantment or artifact plus any copy effects that have been applied to it.
• 2023-09-01 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.
• 2023-09-01 If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.
• 2023-09-01 If the copied permanent is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that permanent copied, with the stated exceptions.
• 2023-09-01 If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.

Similar cards

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