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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
#10,040
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 1.10
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 68 %+61.1 %
  2. Winter Moon 59 %+55.9 %
  3. Blood Moon 75 %+55.3 %
  4. Blood Sun 46 %+45.3 %
  5. Burning Earth 46 %+43.0 %
  6. Ruination 42 %+39.9 %
  7. Sunspine Lynx 48 %+38.6 %
  8. Price of Progress 46 %+37.7 %
  9. Stranglehold 40 %+37.6 %
  10. Koth, Fire of Resistance 45 %+36.7 %
  11. Harsh Mentor 41 %+36.1 %
  12. Price of Glory 34 %+31.6 %
  13. Redirect Lightning 47 %+30.0 %
  14. Sozin's Comet 32 %+28.8 %
  15. Molten Man, Inferno Incarnate 30 %+28.7 %
  16. Treasure Nabber 39 %+28.2 %
  17. Avatar Roku, Firebender 31 %+28.2 %
  18. Razorkin Needlehead 35 %+27.4 %
  19. Zo-Zu the Punisher 31 %+27.1 %
  20. Electro, Assaulting Battery 37 %+26.6 %
  21. Koth of the Hammer 27 %+24.6 %
  22. Vexing Bauble 27 %+23.4 %
  23. Manabarbs 29 %+23.2 %
  24. Leyline Tyrant 30 %+22.8 %
  25. Fire Nation Turret 24 %+21.6 %
  26. Zuko, Exiled Prince 24 %+21.6 %
  27. Scytheclaw Raptor 24 %+21.3 %
  28. Solstice Revelations 24 %+21.0 %
  29. Price of Freedom 22 %+20.4 %
  30. Firebending Student 24 %+20.4 %
  31. War's Toll 22 %+20.0 %
  32. Fire Nation Palace 28 %+18.7 %
  33. From the Ashes 19 %+18.5 %
  34. The Legend of Roku 21 %+18.4 %
  35. Vandalblast 59 %+18.3 %
  36. Grafdigger's Cage 20 %+17.1 %
  37. Combustion Man 19 %+17.1 %
  38. Immolation Shaman 18 %+16.6 %
  39. Rampaging Ferocidon 20 %+16.0 %
  40. Hexing Squelcher 37 %+15.8 %
  41. Pyretic Ritual 30 %+15.1 %
  42. Fire Nation Attacks 16 %+14.7 %
  43. Fated Firepower 19 %+14.7 %
  44. Urabrask the Hidden 20 %+14.7 %
  45. Red Elemental Blast 32 %+13.9 %
  46. Simian Spirit Guide 25 %+13.8 %
  47. Ankh of Mishra 16 %+13.7 %
  48. Pyroblast 31 %+13.4 %
  49. Cleansing Wildfire 15 %+13.4 %
  50. Torpor Orb 16 %+13.4 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Mountain 89 %-5.8 %
  2. Sol Ring 78 %-6.3 %
  3. Blood Moon 75 %+55.3 %
  4. Magus of the Moon 68 %+61.1 %
  5. Blasphemous Act 63 %+9.6 %
  6. Ruby Medallion 60 %+3.6 %
  7. Vandalblast 59 %+18.3 %
  8. Winter Moon 59 %+55.9 %
  9. Arcane Signet 57 %-3.9 %
  10. Chaos Warp 51 %-9.9 %
  11. Lightning Bolt 49 %+12.5 %
  12. Sunspine Lynx 48 %+38.6 %
  13. Redirect Lightning 47 %+30.0 %
  14. Burning Earth 46 %+43.0 %
  15. Blood Sun 46 %+45.3 %
  16. Price of Progress 46 %+37.7 %
  17. Koth, Fire of Resistance 45 %+36.7 %
  18. Seething Song 43 %+10.4 %
  19. Ruination 42 %+39.9 %
  20. Deflecting Swat 42 %+13.4 %
  21. Jeska's Will 42 %+6.4 %
  22. Mana Geyser 41 %+9.5 %
  23. Harsh Mentor 41 %+36.1 %
  24. Abrade 41 %-1.8 %
  25. Stranglehold 40 %+37.6 %
  26. Treasure Nabber 39 %+28.2 %
  27. Faithless Looting 38 %-1.2 %
  28. Hexing Squelcher 37 %+15.8 %
  29. Electro, Assaulting Battery 37 %+26.6 %
  30. Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle 37 %+12.5 %
  31. Lightning Greaves 36 %+2.7 %
  32. Big Score 35 %+2.5 %
  33. Razorkin Needlehead 35 %+27.4 %
  34. Swiftfoot Boots 34 %-5.9 %
  35. Price of Glory 34 %+31.6 %
  36. Red Elemental Blast 32 %+13.9 %
  37. Sozin's Comet 32 %+28.8 %
  38. Avatar Roku, Firebender 31 %+28.2 %
  39. Zo-Zu the Punisher 31 %+27.1 %
  40. Pyroblast 31 %+13.4 %
  41. Gamble 30 %+9.2 %
  42. Torbran, Thane of Red Fell 30 %+8.3 %
  43. Molten Man, Inferno Incarnate 30 %+28.7 %
  44. Pyretic Ritual 30 %+15.1 %
  45. The Fire Crystal 30 %+6.5 %
  46. Leyline Tyrant 30 %+22.8 %
  47. Solemn Simulacrum 30 %+10.0 %
  48. Untimely Malfunction 30 %+0.4 %
  49. Manabarbs 29 %+23.2 %
  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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