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Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
Card Information
Type: Legendary Planeswalker — Ral
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
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Set: Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
Rarity: Mythic
Collector Number: 97
Oracle Text
+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.
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Card Rulings
- March 20, 2026
If a card in a graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
Source: wotc - March 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.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.