Magic the Gathering Card - Gray Merchant of Asphodel - MTG Circle

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

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Creature — Zombie

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 Magic the Gathering mana symbol in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

standard
Not Legal
alchemy
Not Legal
pioneer
Legal
explorer
Legal
modern
Legal
historic
Legal
standard brawl
Not Legal
historic brawl
Legal
timeless
Legal

Rulings

The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X.
(wotc2021-03-19)
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.
(wotc2020-01-24)
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.
(wotc2020-01-24)
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.
(wotc2020-01-24)
Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
(wotc2020-01-24)
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
(wotc2020-01-24)
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