Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Creature — Zombie · 2/4
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.)
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperLegal
#241 on EDHREC's list of the most played Commander cards (as of November 9, 2026).
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All 14 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations Commander FDC | 105 | Oct 2026 | $0.68 | – |
| The Zeta Set SLZ | 43 | Sep 2026 | – | – |
| The Zeta Set SLZ | 285 | Sep 2026 | – | – |
| The Zeta Set SLZ | 164 | Sep 2026 | – | – |
| Secret Lair Countdown SLC | 34 | Nov 2025 | – | $83.67 |
| Secret Lair Countdown SLC | 7 | Nov 2025 | $8.09 | $16.22 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander DSC | 142 | Sep 2024 | $4.59 | – |
| Starter Commander Decks SCD | 80 | Dec 2022 | $3.07 | – |
| Time Spiral Remastered TSR | 323 | Mar 2021 | $8.79 | $96.30 |
| Theros Beyond Death THB | 99 | Jan 2020 | $0.88 | $3.18 |
| Theros Beyond Death THB | 355 | Jan 2020 | $7.40 | $10.42 |
| The List PLST | C14-146 | Nov 2019 | $1.06 | – |
| Commander 2014 C14 | 146 | Nov 2014 | $1.61 | – |
| Theros THS | 89 | Sep 2013 | $1.09 | $7.06 |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Nov 9, 2026.
Rulings
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 (, , , , , 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).
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X.
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