---
name: "Gray Merchant of Asphodel"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DSC"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander"
collector_number: "142"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott Murphy"
oracle_id: "38f3b157-0df4-409b-89cc-086e1531cd5b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gray-merchant-of-asphodel-dsc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## 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 {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grim Servant](/printing/grim-servant-mh3.md) — Creature — Zombie Warlock
2. [Gray Merchant of Alphabet](/printing/gray-merchant-of-alphabet-unf.md) — Creature — Zombie Performer
3. [Vengeful Dead](/printing/vengeful-dead-scg.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Soul-Shackled Zombie](/printing/soul-shackled-zombie-fdn.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Wayward Servant](/printing/wayward-servant-akr.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Maggot Carrier](/printing/maggot-carrier-8ed.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #142
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Scott Murphy
- **Total Printings:** 53 across all historical editions

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