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Ash Zealot
USD $0.30
USD foil $0.70
EUR €0.33
MTGO 0.02 tix

Ash Zealot

{R}{R}

Creature — Human Warrior

First strike, haste

Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, this creature deals 3 damage to that player.

"Smarter than death? Let's see you outsmart my mace, necromancer!"

2 / 2

First strikeHaste
Set
Return to Ravnica (RTR #86)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
2
Released
2012-10-05
Artist
Eric Deschamps
EDHREC rank
#15,386
Colour identity
{R}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.42
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 1

Ash Zealot+Vilis, Broker of Blood+Emry, Lurker of the Loch+Mind Over Matter+Sunbeam Spellbomb
{W}{U}{B}{R}
Infinite draw triggersInfinite lootingNear-infinite card drawNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggersNear-infinite mana lands, artifacts, and creatures you control can produceNear-infinite untap of artifacts, creatures, and lands

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2012-10-01

    Ash Zealot’s ability doesn’t allow any player to cast cards from a graveyard. Such cards need another way to be cast, such as the flashback ability.

  • 2012-10-01

    Ash Zealot’s ability doesn’t trigger if you put a card onto the battlefield from a graveyard (using Grave Betrayal’s ability, for example).

  • 2012-10-01

    Ash Zealot’s triggered ability will resolve before that spell resolves.

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