Arena Athlete

Theros (THS) #113 · Uncommon · Creature — Human

Mana cost: {1}{R}

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, target creature an opponent controls can't block this turn.

The Iroan Games award no medals. Athletes vie for a visit from Iroas, god of victory.

Power/toughness 2/1 · Illustrated by Jason Chan · Released September 27, 2013

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.04 USD (23.5%) to $0.13 USD; low $0.13 USD, high $0.17 USD.

Printings

  1. Foundations Jumpstart #518 (J25) · Uncommon · 2024 · $0.14 USD
  2. Ultimate Masters #123 (UMA) · Common · 2018 · $0.13 USD
  3. Theros #113 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2013 · $0.13 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2013-09-15 · wotc — Heroic abilities won't trigger when a copy of a spell is created on the stack or when a spell's targets are changed to include a creature with a heroic ability.
  2. 2013-09-15 · wotc — Heroic abilities will resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.
  3. 2013-09-15 · wotc — Heroic abilities will trigger only once per spell, even if that spell targets the creature with the heroic ability multiple times.
  4. 2018-12-07 · wotc — Resolving Arena Athlete's ability after a creature has blocked won't remove the blocking creature from combat or cause the creature it blocked to become unblocked.

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