Gray Merchant of Asphodel #34
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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.
“They say you can't take it with you, but he's out to prove them wrong.”
2/4
Illustrated by Jack Hughes
Rulings (6)
Jan 24, 2020
Colorless and generic mana symbols (
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, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
Jan 24, 2020
Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
Jan 24, 2020
If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it's still on the battlefield at that time.
Jan 24, 2020
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.
Jan 24, 2020
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
Mar 19, 2021
The amount of life you gain is the total amount of life lost, not simply the value of X.
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