---
name: "Champion of the Path"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Sorcerer"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Behold"]
set: "PECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos"
collector_number: "130p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tyler Walpole"
oracle_id: "b326ccd5-8ad2-441c-9d73-82ee6390dd36"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/champion-of-the-path-pecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Champion of the Path
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Sorcerer
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/3
- **Keywords:** Behold

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold an Elemental and exile it. (Exile an Elemental you control or an Elemental card from your hand.)
Whenever another Elemental you control enters, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Champions of the Perfect](/printing/champions-of-the-perfect-ecl.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior
2. [Nova Chaser](/printing/nova-chaser-lrw.md) — Creature — Elemental Warrior
3. [Supreme Exemplar](/printing/supreme-exemplar-mor.md) — Creature — Elemental
4. [Soulbright Seeker](/printing/soulbright-seeker-ecl.md) — Creature — Elemental Sorcerer
5. [Nivmagus Elemental](/printing/nivmagus-elemental-rtr.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Seething Pathblazer](/printing/seething-pathblazer-mor.md) — Creature — Elemental Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos (PECL) #130p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tyler Walpole
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`