Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
Legendary Planeswalker — Ral
SOSSecrets of Strixhaven#282mythic
Borderless
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- borderless
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 140–11136
- Illustrator
- Qistina Khalidah
- Found in
- Secrets of Strixhaven Collector Booster Pack · Secrets of Strixhaven Play Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardLegal
+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.
Loyalty 3Plays as:
ReanimationSelf Mill
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Rulings
2 · latest Mar 20, 2026
- WotCMar 20, 2026
If a card in a graveyard has
in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value. - WotCMar 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.