MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #162

Zhalfirin Decoy

DIGITAL ONLY

j21·#162·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Paul Scott Canavan

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '21

5 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,875 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Human Soldier

{T}: Tap target creature. Activate only if you had a creature enter the battlefield under your control this turn.

1/3

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2019-06-14wotc

Zhalfirin Decoy’s ability can be activated even if a creature entered the battlefield under your control only before Zhalfirin Decoy entered the battlefield, and even if that creature has left the battlefield.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J21 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #162 of *Jumpstart: Historic Horizons*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2021 Jumpstart: Historic Horizons release.

Card type: Creature — Human Soldier, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #27,875 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Paul Scott Canavan. Rarix catalogs 140 other cards credited to this artist.