First printed in Edge of Eternities Commander (2025)
Legendary Creature — Insect Druid
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.
2/5
- Illustrated by
- Matt Stewart
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (4)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Szarel’s second ability doesn’t allow you to activate abilities (such as cycling) of land cards in your graveyard.
Prices
MTGO price: 12.72 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
265 combos, the most popular first:
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock: Glacial Chasm + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd + The Gitrog Monster
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock: Glacial Chasm + Oracle of Mul Daya + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock: Exploration Broodship + Glacial Chasm + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock: Azusa, Lost but Seeking + Glacial Chasm + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock: Exploration + Glacial Chasm + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock: Dryad of the Ilysian Grove + Glacial Chasm + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Szarel, Genesis Shepherd + Viscera Seer (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Goblin Bombardment + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd (+ 1 other requirement)
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you, Lock: Glacial Chasm + Szarel, Genesis Shepherd + Wayward Swordtooth