Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

Legendary Planeswalker — Ral

Illustrated by Billy Christian

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EDHREC Rank #9,638

+1: Surveil 2. −1: Any number of target players each discard a card. −2: Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. −7: Flip five coins. Target opponent skips their next X turns, where X is the number of coins that came up heads.

Rulings (2)

When Ral Zarek's second ability resolves, the next target player in turn order (or, if it's a target player's turn, that player) chooses a card in hand without revealing it, then each other target player in turn order (if any) does the same. All chosen cards are then discarded at the same time.

Mar 20, 2026

If a card in a graveyard has X generic mana in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

Mar 20, 2026