Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

Legendary Planeswalker — Ral

Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Surveil 2.

activated +1 — surveils

Any number of target players each discard a card.

activated −1 —

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

activated −2 — brings a card back

Flip five coins. Target opponent skips their next X turns, where X is the number of coins that came up heads.

activated −7 —

Causes: surveil, discard a card, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard, flip a coin.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a coin is flipped — 65 cards in the game can cause this (Ral Zarek is one).

  1. Breeches, the Blastmaker — When Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer flips a coin, Breeches, the Blastmaker copies a spell

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Ral Zarek is one).

When Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Way of the Deathbringer — Way of the Deathbringer gives Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer an extra ability

311 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Ral Zarek is one).

When Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Flesh — gives +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

239 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Ral Zarek is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a creature enters thanks to Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — When a creature enters thanks to Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — When Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a creature enters thanks to Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a creature enters thanks to Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer, Cloudstone Curio triggers

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Ral Zarek is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Ral Zarek is one).

When Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

51 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Ral Zarek is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Ral Zarek is one).

Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Samwise Gamgee — can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — can bring back
  3. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — can bring back
  4. Harness the Storm — can bring back

440 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.