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Zhao, the Moon Slayer
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Zhao, the Moon Slayer

{1}{R}

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Menace

Nonbasic lands enter tapped.

{7}: Put a conqueror counter on Zhao.

As long as Zhao has a conqueror counter on him, nonbasic lands are Mountains. (They lose all other land types and abilities and have "{T}: Add {R}.")

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Menace
Set
Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA #162)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
2
Released
2025-11-21
Artist
Toraji
EDHREC rank
#10,193
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 0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Sweeper land

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. Magus of the Moon 69 %+62.0 %
  2. Winter Moon 59 %+56.0 %
  3. Blood Moon 76 %+55.7 %
  4. Blood Sun 46 %+45.5 %
  5. Burning Earth 45 %+42.0 %
  6. Ruination 42 %+39.9 %
  7. Sunspine Lynx 48 %+38.9 %
  8. Stranglehold 40 %+38.0 %
  9. Price of Progress 46 %+37.5 %
  10. Koth, Fire of Resistance 46 %+37.3 %
  11. Harsh Mentor 40 %+35.6 %
  12. Price of Glory 34 %+31.2 %
  13. Redirect Lightning 47 %+29.7 %
  14. Avatar Roku, Firebender 32 %+28.5 %
  15. Molten Man, Inferno Incarnate 30 %+28.5 %
  16. Sozin's Comet 32 %+28.2 %
  17. Treasure Nabber 39 %+27.7 %
  18. Razorkin Needlehead 35 %+27.5 %
  19. Electro, Assaulting Battery 38 %+27.3 %
  20. Zo-Zu the Punisher 30 %+26.3 %
  21. Koth of the Hammer 28 %+24.9 %
  22. Leyline Tyrant 30 %+23.6 %
  23. Vexing Bauble 27 %+23.3 %
  24. Manabarbs 29 %+22.8 %
  25. Fire Nation Turret 24 %+21.5 %
  26. Zuko, Exiled Prince 24 %+21.5 %
  27. Solstice Revelations 24 %+21.5 %
  28. Scytheclaw Raptor 24 %+21.2 %
  29. Price of Freedom 22 %+20.7 %
  30. Firebending Student 24 %+20.3 %
  31. War's Toll 22 %+20.1 %
  32. From the Ashes 19 %+18.6 %
  33. Fire Nation Palace 28 %+18.3 %
  34. The Legend of Roku 21 %+18.3 %
  35. Vandalblast 59 %+18.2 %
  36. Grafdigger's Cage 21 %+17.9 %
  37. Combustion Man 20 %+17.7 %
  38. Immolation Shaman 19 %+17.2 %
  39. Pyretic Ritual 31 %+16.7 %
  40. Hexing Squelcher 38 %+16.1 %
  41. Rampaging Ferocidon 19 %+15.4 %
  42. Fated Firepower 20 %+15.2 %
  43. Fire Nation Attacks 16 %+15.0 %
  44. Urabrask the Hidden 20 %+14.8 %
  45. Braid of Fire 19 %+14.4 %
  46. Torpor Orb 16 %+14.1 %
  47. Deflecting Swat 42 %+13.9 %
  48. Citadel of Pain 15 %+13.8 %
  49. Ankh of Mishra 16 %+13.5 %
  50. Smoke 17 %+13.5 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Mountain 89 %-5.9 %
  2. Sol Ring 79 %-5.6 %
  3. Blood Moon 76 %+55.7 %
  4. Magus of the Moon 69 %+62.0 %
  5. Blasphemous Act 64 %+10.2 %
  6. Ruby Medallion 61 %+4.1 %
  7. Winter Moon 59 %+56.0 %
  8. Vandalblast 59 %+18.2 %
  9. Arcane Signet 57 %-3.2 %
  10. Chaos Warp 51 %-9.6 %
  11. Sunspine Lynx 48 %+38.9 %
  12. Lightning Bolt 48 %+11.5 %
  13. Redirect Lightning 47 %+29.7 %
  14. Blood Sun 46 %+45.5 %
  15. Koth, Fire of Resistance 46 %+37.3 %
  16. Price of Progress 46 %+37.5 %
  17. Burning Earth 45 %+42.0 %
  18. Seething Song 43 %+11.3 %
  19. Deflecting Swat 42 %+13.9 %
  20. Ruination 42 %+39.9 %
  21. Jeska's Will 42 %+6.2 %
  22. Mana Geyser 41 %+10.0 %
  23. Stranglehold 40 %+38.0 %
  24. Harsh Mentor 40 %+35.6 %
  25. Abrade 39 %-3.2 %
  26. Treasure Nabber 39 %+27.7 %
  27. Electro, Assaulting Battery 38 %+27.3 %
  28. Hexing Squelcher 38 %+16.1 %
  29. Faithless Looting 37 %-2.6 %
  30. Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle 37 %+12.2 %
  31. Lightning Greaves 37 %+3.0 %
  32. Swiftfoot Boots 35 %-5.2 %
  33. Razorkin Needlehead 35 %+27.5 %
  34. Big Score 34 %+2.2 %
  35. Price of Glory 34 %+31.2 %
  36. Sozin's Comet 32 %+28.2 %
  37. Avatar Roku, Firebender 32 %+28.5 %
  38. Pyretic Ritual 31 %+16.7 %
  39. Red Elemental Blast 31 %+12.6 %
  40. Gamble 31 %+9.0 %
  41. Leyline Tyrant 30 %+23.6 %
  42. Zo-Zu the Punisher 30 %+26.3 %
  43. Molten Man, Inferno Incarnate 30 %+28.5 %
  44. Pyroblast 30 %+12.4 %
  45. The Fire Crystal 30 %+6.4 %
  46. Torbran, Thane of Red Fell 29 %+7.0 %
  47. Untimely Malfunction 29 %+0.6 %
  48. Solemn Simulacrum 29 %+9.0 %
  49. Manabarbs 29 %+22.8 %
  50. Professional Face-Breaker 29 %+4.9 %

Format legality

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

Rulings

  • 2025-10-02

    If an effect states that a land enters tapped unless a condition is met, Zhao, the Moon Slayer's second ability has it enter tapped even if that condition is true. For example, you may control a basic land while playing Abandoned Air Temple, but Abandoned Air Temple will still enter tapped.

  • 2025-10-02

    While Zhao has a conqueror counter on him, if a nonbasic land has an ability that triggers "when" it enters, it will lose that ability before it can trigger. Nonbasic lands will lose any other land types and abilities they had. They will have the land type Mountain and the intrinsic ability "{T}: Add {R}." This effect doesn't affect names or supertypes. It won't turn any land into a basic land or remove the legendary supertype from a legendary land, and the lands won't be named "Mountain."

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