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Arena Athlete

{1}{R}

Creature — Human

THSTheros#113uncommon
Foil

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

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 2 per booster–1 in 1067
Illustrator
Jason Chan
Found in
Born of the Gods Intro Pack Forged in Battle · Theros MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings3
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, target creature an opponent controls can't block this turn.
2/1
Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+14.3%
$0.16
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.40
$0.05 low-$0.03 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.09· across 3 printings

Rulings

4 · latest Dec 7, 2018 · one tap opens all
  • WotCDec 7, 2018

    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.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    Heroic abilities will resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    Heroic abilities will trigger only once per spell, even if that spell targets the creature with the heroic ability multiple times.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    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.

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