Popular Egotist
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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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
Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. 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 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
- Warren Soultrader Forsaken Miner Infinite
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Warren Soultrader Mm'menon, Uthros Exile 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 lifeloss
- Infinite Treasure tokens
- Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper Warren Soultrader Nether Traitor 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 lifeloss
- Infinite Treasure tokens
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 | 7 | 14.3% |
Colors it shows up in
- Sultai 1 deck
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 genuinely publishes none for some of them.
- Normal
- $0.32
- Foil
- $0.30
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 — a name search across every version, for 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.
