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◇ Catalog #518

Arena Athlete

j25·#518·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Jason Chan

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Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$0.05+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.05 · low $0.05

NM$0.05

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.05–$0.05modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.06low $0.05range 20.0%n 44

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #23,736 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.05

Gameplay

Creature — Human

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.

2/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2018-12-07wotc

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.

2013-09-15wotc

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.

2013-09-15wotc

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

2013-09-15

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.05. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.05 and $0.06 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J25 — the lineup includes 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 #518 of *Foundations Jumpstart*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Foundations Jumpstart release.

Card type: Creature — Human, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{R} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Heroic.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #23,736 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jason Chan. Rarix catalogs 415 other cards credited to this artist.