Herald of Leshrac
- Mana cost
- {6}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Avatar
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 4
- Set
- The List #CSP-62 (rare)
Flying
Cumulative upkeep—Gain control of a land you don't control. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
This creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control but don't own.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, each player gains control of each land they own that you control.
Herald of Leshrac has 2 printings, first in Coldsnap (2006). EDHREC ranks it #11,675 among Commander cards. It appears most in Obeka, Splitter of Seconds decks (2,913 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Herald of Leshrac most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds: 2,913 decks
- Dakkon Blackblade: 757 decks
- Korlash, Heir to Blackblade: 131 decks
- Ob Nixilis, the Fallen: 126 decks
- Sima Yi, Wei Field Marshal: 6 decks
- Akuta, Born of Ash: 5 decks
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar: 2 decks
Often played with Herald of Leshrac
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : When Herald of Leshrac's cumulative upkeep ability resolves, if its age counters outnumber the number of lands on the battlefield that you don't control, you can't pay its cumulative upkeep cost and must sacrifice it.
- : Herald of Leshrac's leaves-the-battlefield ability affects all lands you control but don't own, not just the ones you gained control of with Herald of Leshrac. For example, if you had gained control of an opponent's land with Annex, its owner will regain control of that land. Annex will remain attached to it, but its effect will be overridden.
- : You must choose a different land you don't control for each age counter on Herald of Leshrac. Otherwise, you'd try to gain control of a land you *do* control midway through paying the cost and need to back up.
- : The cumulative upkeep trigger doesn't target what you gain control of, and you don't choose lands until the ability resolves. Your opponents can not tap lands in response to the choice, but they could respond to the ability by tapping any number of lands before you've made any choices.