Gray Merchant of Asphodel
~$0.64 low · ~$91.23 high
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Black. Creature — Zombie
Foundations Commander #105 · Illustrated by Robbie Trevino
Foundations Commander #105 · Illustrated by Robbie TrevinoWhat is Gray Merchant of Asphodel worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
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. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
2/4
Format legality
All 14 printings of Gray Merchant of Asphodel
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Foundations Commander fdc #105· 2026uncommon· Cardmarket €1.38 | uncommon | $0.64 | No foil printing | €1.38 | |
 The Zeta Set slz #43· 2026Full Artcommon | common | — | No foil printing | — | |
 The Zeta Set slz #164· 2026Full Artcommon | common | — | No foil printing | — | |
 The Zeta Set slz #285· 2026Full Artcommon | common | — | No foil printing | — | |
 Secret Lair Countdown slc #7· 2025Borderlessrare· Cardmarket €9.14 · €16.81 foil | rare | $9.13 | $15.22 | €9.14€16.81 foil | |
 Secret Lair Countdown slc #34· 2025Borderlessrare· Cardmarket €58.91 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $83.51 | €58.91 foil | |
 Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander dsc #142· 2024uncommon· Cardmarket €2.78 | uncommon | $4.39 | No foil printing | €2.78 | |
 Starter Commander Decks scd #80· 2022uncommon· Cardmarket €1.55 | uncommon | $1.94 | No foil printing | €1.55 | |
 Time Spiral Remastered tsr #323· 2021Retro Framespecial· Cardmarket €4.57 · €97.32 foil | special | $8.20 | $91.23 | €4.57€97.32 foil | |
 Theros Beyond Death thb #99· 2020uncommon· Cardmarket €1.05 · €2.48 foil | uncommon | $1.05 | $3.27 | €1.05€2.48 foil | |
 Theros Beyond Death thb #355· 2020Promouncommon· Cardmarket €1.99 · €5.64 foil | uncommon | $7.53 | $10.28 | €1.99€5.64 foil | |
 The List plst #C14-146· 2019common· Cardmarket €1.96 | common | $0.96 | No foil printing | €1.96 | |
 Commander 2014 c14 #146· 2014common· Cardmarket €1.20 | common | $1.18 | No foil printing | €1.20 | |
 Theros ths #89· 2013common· Cardmarket €0.98 · €5.93 foil | common | $1.16 | $6.98 | €0.98€5.93 foil |
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Where to buy Gray Merchant of Asphodel
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Card details
- First printed
- 2013
- Printings
- 14
- Mana value
- 5
- EDHREC rank
- #244 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artists
- Robbie Trevino, MSCHF, Jack Hughes, Scott Murphy
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Foundations Commander card (#105).
0105 · FDC · U · EN
- 0105Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- FDCSet code for Foundations Commander
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (6)
January 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.
January 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.January 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.
January 24, 2020
Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
January 24, 2020
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
March 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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