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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

3BB · Creature — Zombie

When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield, 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

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