Popular Egotist
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
1, Sacrifice another creature or enchantment: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Combos with Popular Egotist
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Veinwitch Coven Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite storm count
- Veinwitch Coven Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Trudge Garden Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifeloss
- Warren Soultrader Gravecrawler Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite storm count
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Nest of Scarabs Infinite
- Destroy all creatures opponents control
- Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
- Lock
- Near-infinite -1/-1 counters
- Near-infinite card draw
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Near-infinite lifeloss
- Warren Soultrader Chatterfang, Squirrel General Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite artifact tokens
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite Treasure tokens
- Infinite lifeloss
- Forsaken Miner Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifeloss
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Scurry Oak Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Near-infinite lifeloss
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2024-09-20
If you sacrifice Popular Egotist, its last ability will trigger. If you sacrifice other permanents at the same time, its last ability will trigger for each of those permanents as well.
- 2024-09-20
If you sacrifice a permanent as part of casting a spell or activating an ability, Popular Egotist's last ability will resolve before that spell or ability. It will resolve even if that spell or ability is countered.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Popular Egotist, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist | 1 | 9 | 33.3% |
| Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Rakdos 1 deck
- Sultai 1 deck
Popular Egotist price history
The Duskmourn: House of Horror #114 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.29 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.29 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.29 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.29 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.27 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.27 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.27 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.26 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.26 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.26 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.26 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.27 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.27 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.27 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.27 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.27 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.26 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.29 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.30 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.31 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.31 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.29 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.29 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.29 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.28 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.29 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.30 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Popular Egotist
1 printing, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.
- Normal
- $0.20
- Foil
- $0.29
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Popular Egotist. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
