Opal Champion
Enchantment
When an opponent casts a creature spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 3/3 Knight creature with first strike.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #29675
Opal Champion enters as a 1/1 and upgrades to a 3/3 first striker the moment any opponent casts a creature spell — a conditional threat that costs nothing extra once it flips. At three mana in white, it's an honest rate only in decks that can reliably trigger the enchantment clause early.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Opal Champion is a bulk rare that sees virtually no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage, where three mana for a conditional beater is too slow to matter. In Commander, it occasionally shows up in enchantment-matters builds or white weenie strategies that want incidental bodies, but the trigger requiring an opponent to cast a creature spell makes it unreliable in slower or combo-heavy metas. Pauper is the format where enchantment creatures with upside see the most creative use, though Opal Champion still competes against more consistent options at the same cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Opal Champion is deep bulk — grab it out of a commons box if you want it, because there's no meaningful floor to hold. Don't expect that price to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.