Ash Zealot
- Mana cost
- {R}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Human Warrior
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- Pioneer Masters #294 (uncommon)
First strike, haste
Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, this creature deals 3 damage to that player.
Ash Zealot has 2 printings, first in Return to Ravnica (2012). EDHREC ranks it #15,723 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gornog, the Red Reaper decks (1,990 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Ash Zealot most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Gornog, the Red Reaper: 1,990 decks
- Lovisa Coldeyes: 335 decks
- Kellan, Planar Trailblazer: 64 decks
- Zurgo Bellstriker: 46 decks
- Kari Zev, Skyship Raider: 20 decks
- Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold: 10 decks
- Jeska, Warrior Adept: 8 decks
- Speed, Young Avenger: 3 decks
Often played with Ash Zealot
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Ash Zealot’s ability doesn’t allow any player to cast cards from a graveyard. Such cards need another way to be cast, such as the flashback ability.
- : Ash Zealot’s ability doesn’t trigger if you put a card onto the battlefield from a graveyard (using Grave Betrayal’s ability, for example).
- : Ash Zealot’s triggered ability will resolve before that spell resolves.