Gray Merchant of Asphodel 
Creature — Zombie2/4
Oracle text (EN)
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 in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Printing details
- Set
- DSC · 142
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Scott Murphy
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Prices
- €1.94 · $5.19
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2026 | €1.94 | €2.00 |
| October 29, 2026 | €2.07 | €2.00 |
| October 28, 2026 | €2.14 | €2.00 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.99 trend €1.94 30-day avg €2.09 | low – trend €0.80 30-day avg €0.80 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €2.00 with Zero from €6.28 | NM from – |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €2.00 | NM from – |
Cardmarket updated Oct 31, 2026 · CardTrader updated Oct 31, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Legal
- penny Not legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Not legal
Rulings
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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.
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Colorless and generic mana symbols (
, 
, 
, 
, 
, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color. -
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.
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Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
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Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
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The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X.