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◇ Catalog #294

Ash Zealot

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#294·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Eric Deschamps

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,091 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Human Warrior

First strike, haste Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, this creature deals 3 damage to that player.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2012-10-01wotc

Ash Zealot’s ability doesn’t allow any player to cast cards from a graveyard. Such cards need another way to be cast, such as the flashback ability.

2012-10-01wotc

Ash Zealot’s ability doesn’t trigger if you put a card onto the battlefield from a graveyard (using Grave Betrayal’s ability, for example).

2012-10-01wotc

Ash Zealot’s triggered ability will resolve before that spell resolves.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — 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 #294 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Creature — Human Warrior, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {R}{R} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: First strike and Haste.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #15,091 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Eric Deschamps. Rarix catalogs 890 other cards credited to this artist.