Champions of Minas Tirith

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Creature — Human Soldier

When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, if you're the monarch, that opponent may pay Magic the Gathering mana symbol, where X is the number of cards in their hand. If they don't, they can't attack you this combat.

"The Realm of Sauron is ended forever!"

standard
Not Legal
alchemy
Not Legal
pioneer
Not Legal
explorer
Not Legal
modern
Not Legal
historic
Not Legal
standard brawl
Not Legal
historic brawl
Not Legal
timeless
Not Legal

Rulings

If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
(wotc2023-06-16)
There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
(wotc2023-06-16)
If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.
(wotc2023-06-16)
If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.
(wotc2023-06-16)
An opponent who chooses not to pay {X} for Champions of Minas Tirith's last ability can still attack planeswalkers you control or battles you're protecting.
(wotc2023-06-16)
The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch.
(wotc2023-06-16)
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