Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
+1: Surveil 2.
−1: Any number of target players each discard a card.
−2: Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
−7: Flip five coins. Target opponent skips their next X turns, where X is the number of coins that came up heads.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2026-03-20
If a card in a graveyard has X in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
- 2026-03-20
When Ral Zarek's second ability resolves, the next target player in turn order (or, if it's a target player's turn, that player) chooses a card in hand without revealing it, then each other target player in turn order (if any) does the same. All chosen cards are then discarded at the same time.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauron, the Dark Lord | 1 | 5 | 0% |
| Sin, Spira's Punishment | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Sultai 1 deck
- Grixis 1 deck
Every version of Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Inverted
Secrets of Strixhaven
- Normal
- $2.73
- Foil
- $4.13
Secrets of Strixhaven
- Normal
- $1.42
- Foil
- $1.74
Promo
Secrets of Strixhaven Promos
- Normal
- $3.19
- Foil
- $9.79
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.