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Gray Merchant of Asphodel

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14 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Foundations Commander printing
Foundations Commander FDC · No. 105 2026-10-02

Card text

{3}{B}{B}
Creature — Zombie
When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
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EDHREC rank #242 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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The 14 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ✓ Legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If you put an Aura on an opponent's permanent, you still control the Aura, and mana symbols in its mana cost count towards your devotion.

2020-01-24 · Wizards of the Coast

Colorless and generic mana symbols ({C}, {0}, {1}, {2}, {X}, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.

2020-01-24 · Wizards of the Coast

If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it's still on the battlefield at that time.

2020-01-24 · Wizards of the Coast

Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).

2020-01-24 · Wizards of the Coast

Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.

2020-01-24 · Wizards of the Coast

The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Gray Merchant of Asphodel, The Zeta Set printing
The Zeta Set
SLZ · #164
Common
∅ No QC price
Gray Merchant of Asphodel, The Zeta Set printing
The Zeta Set
SLZ · #285
Common
∅ No QC price
Gray Merchant of Asphodel, The Zeta Set printing
The Zeta Set
SLZ · #43
Common
∅ No QC price
Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
DSC · #142
Uncommon
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