Card
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Mana cost {2}{B}{R}{G}
Legendary Creature — Insect Druid 2/5
Flying You may play lands from your graveyard. Whenever you sacrifice another nontoken permanent during your turn, put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to Szarel's power on up to one other target creature.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 265 known combos. 4 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · EOC · #4
- Cheapest printing
- €0.66
- EDHREC salt
- 0.30
- Color identity
- Black, Green, Red
- Keywords
- Flying
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
265 known combos.
- Glacial Chasm + The Gitrog Monster + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Produces: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Glacial Chasm + Oracle of Mul Daya + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Produces: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Glacial Chasm + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd + Exploration Broodship
Produces: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-07-25 · Wizards of the Coast
If Szarel leaves the battlefield at the same time as you sacrifice one or more other nontoken permanents during your turn (probably because you also sacrificed Szarel), its last ability triggers for each of those other nontoken permanents. - 2025-07-25 · Wizards of the Coast
If Szarel leaves the battlefield before its last ability resolves, use its power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many +1/+1 counters to put on the target creature. - 2025-07-25 · Wizards of the Coast
Szarel’s second ability doesn’t change the times when you can play those land cards. You can still play lands only during your main phase when you have priority and the stack is empty. - 2025-07-25 · Wizards of the Coast
Szarel’s second ability doesn’t allow you to activate abilities (such as cycling) of land cards in your graveyard.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast