---
name: "Zara, Renegade Recruiter"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Pirate"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "CMR"
set_name: "Commander Legends"
collector_number: "294"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chris Rallis"
oracle_id: "cd2720c2-522c-4fdc-9cef-9c5ce250fe7b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/zara-renegade-recruiter-cmr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Zara, Renegade Recruiter
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Pirate
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever Zara attacks, look at defending player's hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Return that creature to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Harper Recruiter](/printing/harper-recruiter-clb.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Talas Explorer](/printing/talas-explorer-p02.md) — Creature — Human Pirate Scout
3. [Skyship Buccaneer](/printing/skyship-buccaneer-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Pirate
4. [Kari Zev, Crew of Two](/printing/kari-zev-crew-of-two-ydft.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Pirate
5. [Deadeye Rig-Hauler](/printing/deadeye-rig-hauler-rix.md) — Creature — Human Pirate
6. [Storm Fleet Spy](/printing/storm-fleet-spy-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Pirate

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends (CMR) #294
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chris Rallis
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

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