---
name: "Gray Merchant of Alphabet"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Performer"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "UNF"
set_name: "Unfinity"
collector_number: "75"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Yangtian Li"
oracle_id: "d8870f04-ada3-4688-a8c7-09a3ac0ae5e9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gray-merchant-of-alphabet-unf"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gray Merchant of Alphabet
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Performer
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, choose a letter. For each creature you control that has the chosen letter in its name, you gain 1 life and each opponent loses 1 life.

> *Like any young zombie, Gary dreamed of escaping the underworld to join the circus.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gray Merchant of Asphodel](/printing/gray-merchant-of-asphodel-dsc.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Bloodletter](/printing/bloodletter-unh.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Monkey Monkey Monkey](/printing/monkey-monkey-monkey-unh.md) — Creature — Monkey
4. [Graveborn Muse](/printing/graveborn-muse-10e.md) — Creature — Zombie Spirit
5. [Champion of the Perished](/printing/champion-of-the-perished-mid.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Wayward Servant](/printing/wayward-servant-akr.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unfinity (UNF) #75
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Yangtian Li
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `not_legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `not_legal` | Vintage: `not_legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`