Takes Initiative
Hands the initiative designation to you, which starts the Undercity dungeon walk and lets opponents steal it back by dealing combat damage to you. Most printings are ETB creatures like White Plume Adventurer, Aarakocra Sneak, Vicious Battlerager, and Caves of Chaos Adventurer, plus the artifact Sarevok's Tome. Distinct from monarch.becomes_monarch, which grants the crown for end-step card draw rather than the dungeon-walking initiative. Distinct from monarch.initiative_payoff, which rewards already holding the initiative rather than handing it over.
Example cards
Also known as
- take the initiative
- initiative grant
- undercity starter
- gain initiative
- initiative enabler