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Zoyowa Lava-Tongue
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Zoyowa Lava-Tongue

{B}{R}

Legendary Creature — Goblin Warlock

Deathtouch

At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, each opponent may discard a card or sacrifice a permanent of their choice. Zoyowa deals 3 damage to each opponent who didn't. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

2 / 2

Deathtouch
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI #245)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
2
Released
2023-11-17
Artist
Campbell White
EDHREC rank
#7,855
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 0.11
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Enterprising Scallywag 58 %+56.6 %
  2. Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger 46 %+43.2 %
  3. Perforating Artist 44 %+40.3 %
  4. Brass's Tunnel-Grinder 43 %+40.0 %
  5. Stalactite Stalker 38 %+37.4 %
  6. Plaguecrafter 41 %+36.7 %
  7. Waste Not 39 %+36.5 %
  8. Forgotten Cave 40 %+35.5 %
  9. Accursed Marauder 40 %+35.3 %
  10. Evolving Wilds 54 %+33.8 %
  11. Chainer, Nightmare Adept 41 %+33.7 %
  12. Barren Moor 37 %+32.9 %
  13. Squee, Goblin Nabob 36 %+32.7 %
  14. Rankle, Master of Pranks 34 %+32.0 %
  15. Molten Collapse 33 %+31.7 %
  16. Pain Magnification 32 %+31.4 %
  17. Terramorphic Expanse 46 %+31.2 %
  18. Reassembling Skeleton 37 %+31.2 %
  19. Oversold Cemetery 33 %+30.8 %
  20. Braids, Arisen Nightmare 36 %+28.1 %
  21. Ash Barrens 34 %+27.5 %
  22. Matzalantli, the Great Door 28 %+26.8 %
  23. Faithless Looting 54 %+26.6 %
  24. Thrill of Possibility 43 %+25.5 %
  25. Fleshbag Marauder 27 %+24.3 %
  26. Syr Konrad, the Grim 32 %+24.0 %
  27. Deep Goblin Skulltaker 24 %+23.7 %
  28. Geth's Grimoire 25 %+23.4 %
  29. Victimize 38 %+23.2 %
  30. Ingot Chewer 25 %+22.7 %
  31. Shriekmaw 25 %+22.6 %
  32. Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal 24 %+22.5 %
  33. Unearth 27 %+22.4 %
  34. Wayfarer's Bauble 34 %+22.4 %
  35. Osseous Sticktwister 22 %+21.9 %
  36. Painful Quandary 28 %+21.4 %
  37. Geier Reach Sanitarium 26 %+21.4 %
  38. Squee, the Immortal 22 %+20.9 %
  39. Mogis, God of Slaughter 30 %+20.5 %
  40. Hidden Volcano 21 %+20.0 %
  41. Rottenmouth Viper 21 %+19.9 %
  42. Hidden Necropolis 20 %+19.5 %
  43. Oppression 20 %+19.3 %
  44. Troll of Khazad-dûm 21 %+19.2 %
  45. Bloodghast 21 %+18.3 %
  46. The Raven Man 18 %+17.6 %
  47. Village Rites 33 %+17.0 %
  48. Megrim 18 %+16.9 %
  49. Bitter Triumph 22 %+16.8 %
  50. Collector's Vault 19 %+16.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 98 %+0.8 %
  2. Mountain 98 %+0.7 %
  3. Command Tower 74 %-12.2 %
  4. Sol Ring 64 %-21.7 %
  5. Arcane Signet 59 %-22.3 %
  6. Enterprising Scallywag 58 %+56.6 %
  7. Faithless Looting 54 %+26.6 %
  8. Evolving Wilds 54 %+33.8 %
  9. Smoldering Marsh 51 %-12.3 %
  10. Dragonskull Summit 49 %-16.1 %
  11. Terramorphic Expanse 46 %+31.2 %
  12. Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger 46 %+43.2 %
  13. Perforating Artist 44 %+40.3 %
  14. Thrill of Possibility 43 %+25.5 %
  15. Brass's Tunnel-Grinder 43 %+40.0 %
  16. Chainer, Nightmare Adept 41 %+33.7 %
  17. Plaguecrafter 41 %+36.7 %
  18. Accursed Marauder 40 %+35.3 %
  19. Mayhem Devil 40 %+15.5 %
  20. Forgotten Cave 40 %+35.5 %
  21. Waste Not 39 %+36.5 %
  22. Stalactite Stalker 38 %+37.4 %
  23. Victimize 38 %+23.2 %
  24. Barren Moor 37 %+32.9 %
  25. Reassembling Skeleton 37 %+31.2 %
  26. Deadly Dispute 36 %+7.6 %
  27. Braids, Arisen Nightmare 36 %+28.1 %
  28. Rakdos Signet 36 %-19.6 %
  29. Squee, Goblin Nabob 36 %+32.7 %
  30. Mind Stone 35 %+8.2 %
  31. Ash Barrens 34 %+27.5 %
  32. Foreboding Ruins 34 %-11.2 %
  33. Rankle, Master of Pranks 34 %+32.0 %
  34. Wayfarer's Bauble 34 %+22.4 %
  35. Terminate 34 %-5.8 %
  36. Blasphemous Act 34 %-17.6 %
  37. Molten Collapse 33 %+31.7 %
  38. Rakdos Charm 33 %-9.7 %
  39. Canyon Slough 33 %+13.9 %
  40. Blood Crypt 33 %-15.8 %
  41. Oversold Cemetery 33 %+30.8 %
  42. Village Rites 33 %+17.0 %
  43. Pain Magnification 32 %+31.4 %
  44. Syr Konrad, the Grim 32 %+24.0 %
  45. Feed the Swarm 31 %-9.2 %
  46. Bojuka Bog 31 %-4.7 %
  47. Mogis, God of Slaughter 30 %+20.5 %
  48. Sulfurous Springs 30 %-18.8 %
  49. Commander's Sphere 29 %+15.0 %
  50. Demand Answers 29 %+16.1 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2023-11-10

    A permanent card is an artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card. Tokens are not cards, and while tokens are put into the graveyard before ceasing to exist, that action doesn't count as a player having descended.

  • 2023-11-10

    Abilities that begin with "At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn" will trigger only once during your end step, no matter how many times you descended this turn. However, if you haven't descended this turn as your end step begins, the ability won't trigger at all. It's not possible to put a permanent card into your graveyard during the end step in time to have the ability trigger.

  • 2023-11-10

    An opponent with zero cards in hand can't choose to discard a card. Similarly, an opponent with no permanents can't choose to sacrifice a permanent.

  • 2023-11-10

    In either case, it doesn't matter if those cards are still in that player's graveyard.

  • 2023-11-10

    Multiple cards have abilities that begin with "At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn." These cards don't need to have been under your control at the time you descended. For example, if a permanent card is put into your graveyard during your first main phase and you cast Stalactite Stalker your second main phase, its ability will trigger at the beginning of your end step.

  • 2023-11-10

    Some cards refer to a player who has "descended this turn." This means that a permanent card has been put into that player's graveyard from anywhere this turn.

  • 2023-11-10

    Some cards refer to the number of times a player descended this turn. Those cards care about the number of permanent cards put into that player's graveyard from anywhere this turn.

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