Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Creature — Zombie
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Creature — Zombie
Card Text
When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 5
- Colors
- Black
- Color Identity
- Black
- Power / Toughness
- 2 / 4
- EDHREC Rank
- #242
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (50)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) | #7 | rare | en | Jack Hughes | $7.10 | $12.73 |
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) | #34 | rare | en | Jack Hughes | — | $70.54 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #142 | uncommon | en | Scott Murphy | $2.18 | — |
| Starter Commander Decks (SCD) | #80 | uncommon | en | Scott Murphy | $1.48 | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #323 | special | en | Robbie Trevino | $10.04 | $69.01 |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #355 | uncommon | en | Scott Murphy | $4.91 | $15.79 |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | en | Scott Murphy | $0.93 | $3.31 |
| The List (PLST) | #C14-146 | common | en | Robbie Trevino | $1.27 | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #146 | common | en | Robbie Trevino | $0.96 | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | en | Robbie Trevino | $0.93 | $7.71 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #142 | uncommon | de | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #323 | special | de | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | de | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #146 | common | de | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | de | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #142 | uncommon | es | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #323 | special | es | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | es | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #146 | common | es | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | es | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #142 | uncommon | fr | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #323 | special | fr | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | fr | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #146 | common | fr | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | fr | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #142 | uncommon | it | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #323 | special | it | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | it | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #146 | common | it | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | it | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) | #142 | uncommon | ja | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #323 | special | ja | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | ja | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #146 | common | ja | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | ja | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | ko | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | ko | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #323 | special | pt | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | pt | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | pt | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #323 | special | ru | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | ru | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | ru | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #323 | special | zhs | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | zhs | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Commander 2014 (C14) | #146 | common | zhs | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | zhs | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #323 | special | zht | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #99 | uncommon | zht | Scott Murphy | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #89 | common | zht | Robbie Trevino | — | — |
Official Rulings (6)
The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X.
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
If you put an Aura on an opponent's permanent, you still control the Aura, and mana symbols in its mana cost count towards your devotion.
Colorless and generic mana symbols ({C}, {0}, {1}, {2}, {X}, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it's still on the battlefield at that time.
Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
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