Oracle

Creature - Zombie 2 / 4

When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield, 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.)

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Legal in: Vintage, Legacy, Modern, Standard, Commander

Officiele rulings

9/15/2013
Numeric mana symbols (0, 1, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don’t count toward your devotion to any color.

9/15/2013
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don’t count toward your devotion to any color.

9/15/2013
Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).

9/15/2013
If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it’s still on the battlefield at that time.

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