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Szadek, Lord of Secrets

{3}{U}{U}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Vampire

RAVRavnica: City of Guilds#234rare
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 6160
Illustrator
Donato Giancola
Found in
Ravnica City of Guilds MTGO Redemption · Ravnica Theme Deck Dimir Intrigues · 3 more
Printings4EDHREC rank#18,484
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Flying If Szadek would deal combat damage to a player, instead put that many +1/+1 counters on Szadek and that player mills that many cards.
5/5
Flying
Plays as:
Self MillMill FinisherOpponent Mill
Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-3.7%
$0.26
$0.20 low$0.17 gapTCGplayer
Foil+8.5%
$5.87
$4.87 low$2.62 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.21· across 4 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

1 · latest Oct 1, 2005
  • WotCOct 1, 2005

    If another effect would prevent Szadek's combat damage from being dealt to the defending player or replace it with something else, that player chooses which effect applies first. For example, the player can choose to first have Mending Hands prevent 4 of the damage and then apply Szadek's ability so that it gets only one counter.

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