Champion of Arashin
Creature — Dog Warrior
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #24641
Champion of Arashin is a 3/3 lifelink for five mana — you're paying a significant rate premium for a keyword that white gets on cheaper bodies at every turn. It's not unplayable, but it's a card you run when you're deep in a bulk box, not when you're building intentionally.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Champion of Arashin is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Pauper, where commons are the ceiling, a 3/3 lifelink for five is still overcosted when Lone Missionary and Basilica Guards do more at cheaper rates. In Commander, the format most forgiving of clunky cards, Champion of Arashin still competes against Serra Angel-level bodies and dedicated lifegain payoffs that demand better lifelink enablers. Across the powered formats it simply doesn't register.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Champion of Arashin is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a box divider but rarely fills a decklist slot. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; demand isn't coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.