Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
Keeper of Keys
Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.
The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $4.67. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.72 and $4.67 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from CN2 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #34 of *Conspiracy: Take the Crown*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2016 Conspiracy: Take the Crown release.
Card type: Creature — Human Rogue Mutant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{U}{U} (5 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,723 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Bastien L. Deharme. Rarix catalogs 299 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Bastien L. Deharme
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