---
name: "Crypt Champion"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Double strike"]
set: "DIS"
set_name: "Dissension"
collector_number: "40"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "59135531-6189-4c44-9f6f-602f44f20422"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crypt-champion-dis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Crypt Champion
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Double strike

## Oracle Text
Double strike
When this creature enters, each player puts a creature card with mana value 3 or less from their graveyard onto the battlefield.
When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless {R} was spent to cast it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crypt Creeper](/printing/crypt-creeper-avr.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Accursed Marauder](/printing/accursed-marauder-plst.md) — Creature — Zombie Warrior
3. [Cryptbreaker](/printing/cryptbreaker-ha1.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Fleshbag Marauder](/printing/fleshbag-marauder-sld.md) — Creature — Zombie Warrior
5. [Sepulcher Ghoul](/printing/sepulcher-ghoul-afr.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Crypt Feaster](/printing/crypt-feaster-fdn.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dissension (DIS) #40
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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