Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Gray Merchant of Asphodel: Creature - Zombie, Foundations Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Zombie
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 2/4
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Commander (FDC)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 105
- Artist
- Robbie Trevino
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About Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Gray Merchant of Asphodel is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 105 in that set, with art by Robbie Trevino. It costs {3}{B}{B} (three generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Theros (2013) to Foundations Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.92 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
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 {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.92 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Gray Merchant of Asphodel by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Gray Merchant of Asphodel has been printed in 10 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #164 | Common | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #285 | Common | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #43 | Common | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #34 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #7 | Rare | 2025 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #142 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #80 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #323 | Special | 2021 |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) #355 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) #99 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #C14-146 | Common | 2019 |
| Commander 2014 (C14) #146 | Common | 2014 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Gray Merchant of Asphodel, newest first.
- The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X.
- 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).
- Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.