Star Athlete

Format legality

Where you can play Star Athlete in sanctioned and popular formats.

All printings (2)

Prices range from $0.97 to $1.10 across finishes. Cheapest printing: Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander at $0.97.

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Rulings

Official rulings from Wizards of the Coast (6).

• 2024-09-20If the target permanent is an illegal target as Star Athlete's second ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will be dealt damage, and no permanents will be sacked . . . er, sacrificed.
• 2024-09-20If you choose to pay the blitz cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell. It goes on the stack and can be responded to and countered. You can cast a creature spell for its blitz cost only if you could cast that creature spell. Most of the time, this means during your main phase when the stack is empty.
• 2024-09-20If you pay the blitz cost to cast a creature spell, that permanent will be sacrificed only if it's still on the battlefield when that triggered ability resolves. If it dies or goes to another zone before then, it will stay where it is.
• 2024-09-20You don't have to attack with the creature with blitz unless another ability says you do.
• 2024-09-20If a creature enters as a copy of or becomes a copy of a creature whose blitz cost was paid, the copy won't have haste, won't be sacrificed, and its controller won't draw a card when it dies.
• 2024-09-20If the creature was cast using its blitz ability, the triggered ability that lets its controller draw a card triggers when it dies for any reason, not just when you sacrifice it during the end step.

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