You may cast Dark Salvation with X as 0 just to have a creature get -1/-1 for each Zombie a player controls, and you may cast it without targeting any creature just to have a player get Zombie tokens. If you really just want to cast a spell, you can even cast it with X as 0 without a target creature and have neither effect do anything.
You choose up to one target creature total, not a separate target for each Zombie that player controls.
If the targeted creature becomes an illegal target, the targeted player will still get Zombie tokens.
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 #308 of *Jumpstart: Historic Horizons*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2021 Jumpstart: Historic Horizons release.
Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{X}{B} (1 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #7,397 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Cynthia Sheppard. Rarix catalogs 283 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Cynthia Sheppard
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