---
name: "Proven Combatant"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Warrior"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Eternalize"]
set: "HOU"
set_name: "Hour of Devastation"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Clint Cearley"
oracle_id: "24ce3dbe-2b61-43a6-ab16-32b37e385127"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/proven-combatant-hou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Proven Combatant
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Eternalize

## Oracle Text
Eternalize {4}{U}{U} ({4}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Warrior with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

> *« Il n'est pas sage de faire attendre la gloire. »*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sinuous Striker](/printing/sinuous-striker-hou.md) — Creature — Snake Warrior
2. [Sunscourge Champion](/printing/sunscourge-champion-akr.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Steadfast Sentinel](/printing/steadfast-sentinel-hou.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Timeless Witness](/printing/timeless-witness-j21.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
5. [Unwavering Initiate](/printing/unwavering-initiate-akh.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
6. [Champion of Wits](/printing/champion-of-wits-c21.md) — Creature — Snake Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Hour of Devastation (HOU) #42
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Clint Cearley
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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