Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

Mana Value

3

Rarity

mythic

Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

Legendary Planeswalker — Ral

{1}{B}{B}
Color Identity: B

Card Text

+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.

Keywords

Surveil

Set

Secrets of Strixhaven

(SOS)

EDHREC Rank

#11,920

Commander Legal

✓ Can be your Commander

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

Wotc — March 20, 2026

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.

Wotc — March 20, 2026

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