Gray Merchant of Asphodel
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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.)
What it does
Tagged as Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Get it in a precon
Included in 4 preconstructed decks — cheapest sealed first.
Official rulings
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s). (2020-01-24)
- Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color. (2020-01-24)
- The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X. (2021-03-19)
Printings & prices
Every set Gray Merchant of Asphodel has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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