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Champion of the Weird

Creature — Goblin Berserker

As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold a Goblin and exile it. (Exile a Goblin you control or a Goblin card from your hand.)
Pay 1 life, Blight 2: Target opponent blights 2. Activate only as a sorcery.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos
Price
$0.50
EDHREC rank
#16105
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Champion of the Weird card art
Champion of the Weird enters the battlefield and immediately replaces itself — drawing a card on a 3/3 body is the whole pitch, and it's a clean one. The cost is that the ability only triggers when you cast it, so blink and reanimate loops don't double-dip without additional setup; Geralf's Messenger this is not. Run it when your commander rewards bodies and you need cantrip density, not when you need a recursive engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Grub, Storied Matriarch

37.3% of decks · synergy 0.36

Grub, Storied Matriarch cares about creatures dying and value entering the battlefield, and Champion of the Weird checks both boxes — it draws a card the turn it lands and trades up into Grub's sacrifice fodder pipeline without costing you cards. That combination explains a 37% inclusion rate across Grub decks.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Champion of the Weird earns its slot specifically in aristocrats and sacrifice shells where every creature needs to justify itself on entry — the cantrip means it's never a dead draw, even if it never attacks. Outside Commander, the competition in 60-card formats is steep: Modern and Pioneer both have three-mana creatures that do considerably more than draw one card, so Champion of the Weird sits well below the power threshold for those formats. Standard is the one venue where cantripping bodies occasionally punch above their weight during lean metas, but the card hasn't made waves there either. It's a Commander card through and through.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Champion of the WeirdGeralf's MessengerDross Harvester

Champion of the WeirdGeralf's MessengerDross Harvester

Infinite -1/-1 counters; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite lifeloss

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Champion of the WeirdButcher GhoulVein Ripper

Champion of the WeirdButcher GhoulVein Ripper

Infinite -1/-1 counters; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$0.50 bulk tier

At $0.50, Champion of the Weird is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or bulk bin without a second thought. Cantripping creatures at this price point don't tend to spike unless a new commander breaks them wide open, so expect the price to stay flat unless Grub, Storied Matriarch decks push demand meaningfully higher.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.