Takes Initiative

Creatures and artifacts that give you the initiative, putting you into the Undercity dungeon and forcing opponents to deal combat damage to you to seize it back. White Plume Adventurer, Aarakocra Sneak, and Vicious Battlerager grant the initiative as they enter, while Sarevok's Tome hands it to you as its counters build up. Distinct from Initiative Payoff, which rewards you for already holding the initiative rather than granting it, and from Becomes Monarch, the parallel crown mechanic that grants end-step card draw instead of dungeon progress.