Zara, Renegade Recruiter
Zara, Renegade Recruiter: Legendary Creature - Human Pirate, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Pirate
- Colour identity
- Blue and red (UR)
- Power / toughness
- 4/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 297
- Artist
- Chris Rallis
- Commander rank
- 4,769 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Zara, Renegade Recruiter
Zara, Renegade Recruiter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and red legendary creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 297 in that set, with art by Chris Rallis. It costs {3}{U}{R} (three generic, one blue and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue and red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from The List (2020) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying
Whenever Zara attacks, look at defending player's hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Return that creature to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Zara, Renegade Recruiter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Zara, Renegade Recruiter
Zara, Renegade Recruiter has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #LCC-297 | Rare | 2026 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #86264 | Rare | 2020 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #294 | Rare | 2020 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #614 | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Zara, Renegade Recruiter, newest first.
- Although the creature is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature. This means that abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won't trigger when the creature enters the battlefield attacking.
- If a creature is attacking a planeswalker, that planeswalker's controller is the defending player.
- The creature is returned to its owner's hand only if it's still on the battlefield as the delayed triggered ability resolves. If it's somewhere else at that time, it stays where it is.
- If you lose the game before the creature put onto the battlefield under your control returns to its owner's hand, that creature is exiled. If that creature's owner loses the game while you control the creature, the creature leaves the game with them.
- Any effects that say the creature can't attack affect only the declaration of attackers. They won't stop the creature from entering the battlefield attacking. For example, you could put a creature card with defender onto the battlefield tapped and attacking this way.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Zara, Renegade Recruiter is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.