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The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #146
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
c14·#146·common·nonfoil
Illus. Robbie Trevino
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Nov '14
11 yr ago
Value
$1.01$0 (-1.0%)
30 days high $1.02 · low $1.01
Volatility · stable
EUR€1.21USD$1.01TIX0.42 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #241 · Popular pick
Variants
Gameplay
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 {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
2/4
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDHnot legal
Rulings · 6
wotc
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.
wotc
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.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Robbie Trevino
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