Death-Greeter's Champion

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Death-Greeter's Champion: Creature - Human Warrior, March of the Machine Commander. Dash 3R. Backup 1. Double strike. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Human Warrior
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
2/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
30
Artist
Jason Rainville
Commander rank
13,403 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Backup, Dash, Double strike

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About Death-Greeter's Champion

Death-Greeter's Champion is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 30 in that set, with art by Jason Rainville. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. March of the Machine Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.42 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Dash {3}{R} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)

Double strike

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.42 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Death-Greeter's Champion by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Death-Greeter's Champion

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #117Rare2023

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Death-Greeter's Champion, newest first.

  • Backup confers only abilities that are actually printed below it. Any abilities that are gained by the permanent are ignored, including abilities gained due to a resolving spell or ability or copy effects.
  • If a backup ability causes another creature to gain abilities, the creature with backup will still have those abilities.
  • If a backup ability targets the creature with backup, that creature will get +1/+1 counters, but it won't gain additional abilities.
  • If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a card with a backup ability or a token is created that is a copy of that card, the order of the printed abilities is maintained.
  • The abilities that backup grants to the target creature are determined only once, at the time the ability triggers. They won't change if the permanent with backup loses any abilities before the backup ability resolves.

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