Laquatus's Champion

Creature — Nightmare Horror

When Laquatus's Champion enters the battlefield, target player loses 6 life.

When Laquatus's Champion leaves the battlefield, that player gains 6 life.

{B}: Regenerate Laquatus's Champion.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (21)

Balaam__ on Life-Gainer's Bane

1 month ago

I think this is more stable than a Tainted Remedy deck I built. That one revolved around blinking Laquatus's Champion but getting him into play in the first place was pretty unreliable. Wall of Shards is epic though, glad to see that here :)

Sky_Blue_Skies on Mono-Black Control (Modern)

4 years ago

Many thanks PhyrexianPreator! Your Orzhov list is great. I'm definintely planning to incorporate either Korlash, Heir to Blackblade or Lashwrithe once I work out my early-game curve, as both harken back to the MBC decks to which I'm seeking to pay homage. If only Laquatus's Champion was Modern legal...

shadow63 on Tainted Love

4 years ago

Heliod's Intervention seems like it could be really good. If you put more creatures in here Inscription of Abundance would be helpful Kenrith, the Returned King would be a decent mana sink Laquatus's Champion would be really useful. Orzhov Guildmage Primal Command

Woiteck on None

5 years ago

Almost 20 years ago I read a super long article about Magic in some magazine. It was my first introduction to the game and it focused on the individual colours and their philosophy. It was since then that I fell in love with black. And the card that was there to illustrate black was Laquatus's Champion, which I felt was awesome-looking compared to the cards that represented the other colours (I actually don’t remember any of those other cards, but that’s saying something about them more than it is about me, ha!). And so I consider Laquatus's Champion to be THE card that got me into this game. Funnily though, I only got a copy of it when it was reprinted in M25. Needless to say, I love playing it even though it's not very powerful in today’s Magic.

Optimator on Mermaider

5 years ago

Exsanguinate, Torment of Hailfire, Painful Quandary, Breathstealer's Crypt (love this one!! Like, a lot), Forsaken Wastes, Vile Consumption, Sovereign's Bite, Profane Command, Phthisis, Famine, Undermine (love this one!), Clutch of the Undercity, Twilight Prophet, Netherborn Phalanx, Ob Nixilis, the Fallen, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Erebos, God of the Dead, Duskmantle Seer, Dire Fleet Ravager, Urza's Guilt, Laquatus's Champion, Howling Banshee, Pierce Strider

JMS210 on What are some fun mono …

7 years ago

I have always been in love with Guiltfeeder & Laquatus's Champion.

With the second one you can run False Cure aswell, which is a super fun card that nobody ever sees coming.

Shliken on Tainted Beacon Combo

7 years ago

I was looking around to build a similar deck with Remedy, and this is just truly wonderful! An idea I was toying with is using Laquatus's Champion, a reletively silly card, to abuse its second effect. The goal would be to use something like Cloudshift to bounce him, and then do a silly amount of damage to your opponent as such. But wonderful deck!

juubs on FMK

7 years ago

Laquatus's Champion doesn't work the way you describe because swapping it in with Mary doesn't trigger ETB effects. Cool deck! I'm working on a similar one.