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Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
MTGO 0.13 tix

Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats

{4}{B}{R}

Legendary Creature — Vampire Rogue

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature in your party.

Flying, deathtouch, haste

Other creatures you control have deathtouch.

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.

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DeathtouchFlyingHaste
Set
Magic Online Promos (PRM #83816)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
6
Released
2020-10-30
Artist
Anna Steinbauer
EDHREC rank
#10,133
Colour identity
{B}{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 0.39
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 11

Inferno Titan+Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats+Scythe of the Wretched
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats+Dread Slaver+Warstorm Surge
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
Be'lakor, the Dark Master+Dread Slaver+Arcane Adaptation+Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats+Dread Slaver+Pandemonium
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
Be'lakor, the Dark Master+Dread Slaver+Conspiracy+Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
All Will Be One+Vraska, Swarm's Eminence+Starfield of Nyx+Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
{B}{R}{G}{W}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite damage
Rukarumel, Biologist+Be'lakor, the Dark Master+Dread Slaver+Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
Be'lakor, the Dark Master+Dread Slaver+Maskwood Nexus+Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
Be'lakor, the Dark Master+Dread Slaver+Xenograft+Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats+Dread Slaver+Flayer of the Hatebound+Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
All Will Be One+Vraska, Swarm's Eminence+Opalescence+Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
{B}{R}{G}{W}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite damage

All 11 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Blood Cultist 65 %+64.3 %
  2. Goblin Chainwhirler 64 %+63.7 %
  3. Prodigal Pyromancer 61 %+60.8 %
  4. Dagger Caster 62 %+60.6 %
  5. Deathbringer Thoctar 49 %+48.8 %
  6. Hooded Blightfang 46 %+45.9 %
  7. Wojek Embermage 45 %+45.2 %
  8. Fireslinger 44 %+43.6 %
  9. Burakos, Party Leader 44 %+43.5 %
  10. Thwart the Grave 42 %+41.8 %
  11. Gisa, Glorious Resurrector 42 %+41.4 %
  12. Vulshok Sorcerer 41 %+40.9 %
  13. Morbid Opportunist 56 %+40.9 %
  14. Coveted Prize 41 %+40.7 %
  15. Cunning Sparkmage 39 %+39.2 %
  16. Rakdos Ickspitter 37 %+37.2 %
  17. Goblin Sharpshooter 37 %+35.9 %
  18. Dreadhorde Butcher 32 %+31.6 %
  19. Nullpriest of Oblivion 31 %+30.9 %
  20. Malakir Blood-Priest 31 %+30.6 %
  21. Archetype of Finality 30 %+29.7 %
  22. Harvester of Souls 33 %+29.4 %
  23. Multiclass Baldric 29 %+28.9 %
  24. Viridian Longbow 29 %+28.1 %
  25. Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate 32 %+27.8 %
  26. Viashino Fangtail 28 %+27.7 %
  27. Vithian Stinger 27 %+27.3 %
  28. Nighthawk Scavenger 28 %+26.9 %
  29. Grave Betrayal 24 %+24.0 %
  30. Drana, the Last Bloodchief 25 %+23.6 %
  31. Jeska, Warrior Adept 23 %+22.5 %
  32. Mahadi, Emporium Master 34 %+21.1 %
  33. Azra Oddsmaker 23 %+20.6 %
  34. Inferno Titan 21 %+19.9 %
  35. Power of Fire 20 %+19.9 %
  36. Arcane Lighthouse 21 %+19.8 %
  37. Thrilling Encore 20 %+19.2 %
  38. Frostwielder 19 %+18.9 %
  39. Vorpal Sword 20 %+18.9 %
  40. Changeling Outcast 21 %+18.9 %
  41. Black Market 23 %+18.9 %
  42. Judith, the Scourge Diva 21 %+17.9 %
  43. Eternal Thirst 19 %+17.9 %
  44. Ardent Electromancer 18 %+17.8 %
  45. Deadly Alliance 17 %+17.1 %
  46. Solemn Doomguide 17 %+17.1 %
  47. Vadmir, New Blood 18 %+16.7 %
  48. Read the Bones 28 %+16.7 %
  49. Sign in Blood 40 %+16.6 %
  50. Taurean Mauler 20 %+16.4 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %-0.3 %
  2. Mountain 97 %-0.6 %
  3. Sol Ring 81 %-5.3 %
  4. Command Tower 76 %-9.6 %
  5. Arcane Signet 75 %-7.0 %
  6. Blood Cultist 65 %+64.3 %
  7. Goblin Chainwhirler 64 %+63.7 %
  8. Dagger Caster 62 %+60.6 %
  9. Smoldering Marsh 61 %-2.3 %
  10. Prodigal Pyromancer 61 %+60.8 %
  11. Morbid Opportunist 56 %+40.9 %
  12. Dragonskull Summit 56 %-8.8 %
  13. Rakdos Signet 55 %-1.5 %
  14. Deathbringer Thoctar 49 %+48.8 %
  15. Feed the Swarm 47 %+6.0 %
  16. Hooded Blightfang 46 %+45.9 %
  17. Wojek Embermage 45 %+45.2 %
  18. Burakos, Party Leader 44 %+43.5 %
  19. Fireslinger 44 %+43.6 %
  20. Tainted Peak 43 %-0.6 %
  21. Talisman of Indulgence 42 %-12.9 %
  22. Gisa, Glorious Resurrector 42 %+41.4 %
  23. Thwart the Grave 42 %+41.8 %
  24. Foreboding Ruins 41 %-4.3 %
  25. Coveted Prize 41 %+40.7 %
  26. Swiftfoot Boots 41 %+9.8 %
  27. Vulshok Sorcerer 41 %+40.9 %
  28. Rakdos Charm 41 %-2.8 %
  29. Sign in Blood 40 %+16.6 %
  30. Cunning Sparkmage 39 %+39.2 %
  31. Rakdos Carnarium 38 %+8.3 %
  32. Rakdos Ickspitter 37 %+37.2 %
  33. Goblin Sharpshooter 37 %+35.9 %
  34. Temple of Malice 37 %+4.9 %
  35. Chaos Warp 37 %-10.0 %
  36. Lightning Greaves 36 %+1.3 %
  37. Vandalblast 36 %+5.9 %
  38. Shadowblood Ridge 36 %+0.9 %
  39. Bedevil 35 %+1.8 %
  40. Blood Crypt 35 %-13.4 %
  41. Bojuka Bog 35 %-1.1 %
  42. Mahadi, Emporium Master 34 %+21.1 %
  43. Phyrexian Arena 33 %+10.1 %
  44. Bloodfell Caves 33 %+14.5 %
  45. Blasphemous Act 33 %-18.7 %
  46. Harvester of Souls 33 %+29.4 %
  47. Dreadhorde Butcher 32 %+31.6 %
  48. Terminate 32 %-7.4 %
  49. Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate 32 %+27.8 %
  50. Nullpriest of Oblivion 31 %+30.9 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2020-09-25

    An ability referring to the number of creatures in your party gets a number from zero to four. Such abilities never ask which creatures are in your party, and you never have to designate specific creatures as being in your party. You can't choose to exclude creatures from this count to lower the number.

  • 2020-09-25

    If a creature has more than one party creature type, and there are multiple ways to count that creature that could result in a different number of creatures in your party, the highest such number is used. For example, if you control a Cleric and a Cleric Wizard, the number of creatures in your party is two. You can't choose to have it be just one by counting the Cleric Wizard first as a Cleric.

  • 2020-09-25

    If a spell has a cost reduction based on the number of creatures in your party, no player may attempt to change that number after you begin to cast the spell but before you pay the cost.

  • 2020-09-25

    Several cards have a cost reduction based on the number of creatures in your party. To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

  • 2020-09-25

    To determine "the number of creatures in your party," check whether you control a Cleric, whether you control a Rogue, whether you control a Warrior, and whether you control a Wizard. The number is the total number of those checks to which you answered yes. Each creature you control can be counted for only one of those checks.

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