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Zirilan of the Claw
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Zirilan of the Claw

{3}{R}{R}

Legendary Creature — Lizard Shaman

{1}{R}{R}, {T}: Search your library for a Dragon permanent card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. That Dragon gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

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Set
Mirage (MIR #204)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
5
Released
1996-10-08
Artist
Andrew Robinson
EDHREC rank
#18,265
Colour identity
{R}
Finishes
Nonfoil
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.
Can be your commander
Tutor

Combos 1

Zirilan of the Claw+Worldgorger Dragon+Apocalypse
{R}
Exile all permanents opponents controlMass Land Denial
86 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Utvara Hellkite 75 %+70.7 %
  2. Sundial of the Infinite 71 %+67.8 %
  3. Dragon Mage 70 %+65.5 %
  4. Balefire Dragon 70 %+65.1 %
  5. Tel-Jilad Stylus 65 %+65.1 %
  6. Hellkite Tyrant 76 %+64.2 %
  7. Lathliss, Dragon Queen 66 %+63.1 %
  8. Scourge of the Throne 63 %+58.3 %
  9. Drakuseth, Maw of Flames 66 %+57.9 %
  10. Molten Echoes 57 %+55.0 %
  11. Dragon's Hoard 58 %+54.7 %
  12. Worldgorger Dragon 53 %+52.5 %
  13. Terror of the Peaks 61 %+50.8 %
  14. Dragon Tempest 53 %+50.1 %
  15. Flameshadow Conjuring 53 %+50.1 %
  16. Conjurer's Closet 54 %+49.4 %
  17. Scourge of Valkas 52 %+49.4 %
  18. Blast-Furnace Hellkite 52 %+48.0 %
  19. Thunder Dragon 48 %+47.5 %
  20. Bogardan Hellkite 48 %+45.9 %
  21. Ancient Copper Dragon 55 %+45.8 %
  22. Knollspine Dragon 49 %+45.5 %
  23. Dragonspeaker Shaman 48 %+45.1 %
  24. Steel Hellkite 49 %+45.0 %
  25. Sneak Attack 48 %+43.8 %
  26. Hoarding Dragon 40 %+38.6 %
  27. Illusionist's Bracers 40 %+36.9 %
  28. Goldspan Dragon 50 %+36.5 %
  29. Descendants' Fury 37 %+35.9 %
  30. Cavern-Hoard Dragon 42 %+34.8 %
  31. Thousand-Year Elixir 40 %+34.8 %
  32. Endless Sands 35 %+34.5 %
  33. Terror of Mount Velus 36 %+34.0 %
  34. Dragon Tyrant 33 %+33.2 %
  35. Dragonlord's Servant 36 %+32.7 %
  36. Spawn of Thraxes 35 %+32.2 %
  37. Pyre of Heroes 32 %+31.3 %
  38. Tyrant's Familiar 33 %+31.0 %
  39. Rishadan Pawnshop 30 %+30.1 %
  40. Lightning Greaves 64 %+30.1 %
  41. Twinflame Tyrant 42 %+29.4 %
  42. Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind 31 %+28.3 %
  43. Wrathful Red Dragon 30 %+28.0 %
  44. Rings of Brighthearth 31 %+27.6 %
  45. Haven of the Spirit Dragon 29 %+27.3 %
  46. Thundermaw Hellkite 28 %+26.7 %
  47. High Market 28 %+26.6 %
  48. Ganax, Astral Hunter 30 %+25.9 %
  49. Summon: Bahamut 27 %+25.4 %
  50. Industrial Advancement 27 %+25.1 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Sol Ring 90 %+5.6 %
  2. Mountain 84 %-11.1 %
  3. Hellkite Tyrant 76 %+64.2 %
  4. Utvara Hellkite 75 %+70.7 %
  5. Sundial of the Infinite 71 %+67.8 %
  6. Chaos Warp 71 %+10.1 %
  7. Balefire Dragon 70 %+65.1 %
  8. Dragon Mage 70 %+65.5 %
  9. Lathliss, Dragon Queen 66 %+63.1 %
  10. Drakuseth, Maw of Flames 66 %+57.9 %
  11. Ruby Medallion 66 %+8.7 %
  12. Tel-Jilad Stylus 65 %+65.1 %
  13. Arcane Signet 64 %+3.6 %
  14. Lightning Greaves 64 %+30.1 %
  15. Scourge of the Throne 63 %+58.3 %
  16. Terror of the Peaks 61 %+50.8 %
  17. Dragon's Hoard 58 %+54.7 %
  18. Molten Echoes 57 %+55.0 %
  19. Ancient Copper Dragon 55 %+45.8 %
  20. Conjurer's Closet 54 %+49.4 %
  21. Blasphemous Act 53 %+0.1 %
  22. Worldgorger Dragon 53 %+52.5 %
  23. Dragon Tempest 53 %+50.1 %
  24. Flameshadow Conjuring 53 %+50.1 %
  25. Seething Song 53 %+20.9 %
  26. Scourge of Valkas 52 %+49.4 %
  27. Blast-Furnace Hellkite 52 %+48.0 %
  28. Goldspan Dragon 50 %+36.5 %
  29. Knollspine Dragon 49 %+45.5 %
  30. Steel Hellkite 49 %+45.0 %
  31. Dragonspeaker Shaman 48 %+45.1 %
  32. Thunder Dragon 48 %+47.5 %
  33. Swiftfoot Boots 48 %+7.9 %
  34. Sneak Attack 48 %+43.8 %
  35. Bogardan Hellkite 48 %+45.9 %
  36. Mana Geyser 44 %+12.8 %
  37. Cavern-Hoard Dragon 42 %+34.8 %
  38. Twinflame Tyrant 42 %+29.4 %
  39. Mind Stone 41 %+9.8 %
  40. Jeska's Will 40 %+4.9 %
  41. Cursed Mirror 40 %+17.6 %
  42. Hoarding Dragon 40 %+38.6 %
  43. Illusionist's Bracers 40 %+36.9 %
  44. Thousand-Year Elixir 40 %+34.8 %
  45. Deflecting Swat 39 %+10.8 %
  46. Vandalblast 39 %-2.2 %
  47. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 38 %+18.0 %
  48. Valakut Awakening 37 %+18.3 %
  49. Valakut Awakening 37 %+18.3 %
  50. Descendants' Fury 37 %+35.9 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Legal
PreDH Legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2004-10-04

    Because the “search” requires you to find a card with certain characteristics, you don’t have to find the card if you don’t want to.

  • 2009-10-01

    If the Dragon is put onto the battlefield and then phases out, the “exile it” ability will still apply. It will trigger at the beginning of the next End step and exile the Dragon if it has phased back in. If the Dragon is still phased out, then it cannot be exiled so ability won’t do anything.

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