---
name: "Zareth San, the Trickster"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Merfolk Rogue"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "ZNR"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising"
collector_number: "242"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zack Stella"
oracle_id: "a316b0ce-1f63-4a8e-9a6e-bfbe03ca4e9e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/zareth-san-the-trickster-znr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Zareth San, the Trickster
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Merfolk Rogue
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
{2}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacking Rogue you control to its owner's hand: Put this card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
Whenever Zareth San deals combat damage to a player, you may put target permanent card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cache Raiders](/printing/cache-raiders-ddi.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
2. [Sure-Footed Infiltrator](/printing/sure-footed-infiltrator-znr.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
3. [Saprazzan Raider](/printing/saprazzan-raider-mmq.md) — Creature — Merfolk
4. [Neyam Shai Murad](/printing/neyam-shai-murad-40k.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Rootwater Thief](/printing/rootwater-thief-nem.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
6. [Keymaster Rogue](/printing/keymaster-rogue-rvr.md) — Creature — Human Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #242
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zack Stella

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-09-25)* You choose which player or planeswalker Zareth San is attacking. It doesn't have to be attacking the same player or planeswalker that the returned Rogue was attacking.
- *(2020-09-25)* Before blockers are declared, attacking Rogues are neither blocked nor unblocked, so you can't pay the cost to activate Zareth San's second ability.
- *(2020-09-25)* Although Zareth San is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).
- *(2020-09-25)* To activate Zareth San's second ability, you reveal it in your hand. It remains revealed until the ability has resolved.
- *(2020-09-25)* Zareth San's second ability can be activated during the declare blockers step, combat damage step, or end of combat step. If you wait until after the declare blockers step, because all combat damage is dealt at once, Zareth San won't normally deal combat damage.
- *(2020-09-25)* If Zareth San leaves your hand before its second ability resolves, the ability does nothing as it resolves. Zareth San remains in its new zone and the Rogue you returned remains in its owner's hand.