Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Name
Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Mana Cost

Type
Creature — Zombie

Set
Theros

Rarity
Common

Text

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 in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)


Power/Toughness
2/4

Number
#89

Other Prints
Commander 2014
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
Foundations Commander
The List
Starter Commander Decks
Secret Lair Countdown
The Zeta Set
Theros Beyond Death
Time Spiral Remastered

Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Pauper | Pauper Commander | Pioneer | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(24/01/2020)
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.


(24/01/2020)
Colorless and generic mana symbols (, , , , , and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.


(24/01/2020)
Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).


(24/01/2020)
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.


(24/01/2020)
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.


(19/03/2021)
The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X.


Artist
Robbie Trevino

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