wotc
The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #34
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
slc·#34·rare·borderless
Illus. Jack Hughes
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Nov '25
7 mo ago
Value
$75.26+$0 (+0.6%)
30 days high $75 · low $75
Volatility · stable
USD$75.26EUR€54.09
NM$75.3
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Played in EDH
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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.)
They say you can't take it with you, but he's out to prove them wrong.
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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. Jack Hughes
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