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Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

Legendary Creature — Insect Druid MV 5

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What it does

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.

Combos with Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

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Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2025-07-25

    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

    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

    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

    Szarel’s second ability doesn’t allow you to activate abilities (such as cycling) of land cards in your graveyard.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

Covered in our set guide Edge of Eternities Spacecraft, Station, Warp and Void, plus Planet lands and two precons. Released Aug 1, 2025 Read the guide →

As a commander

Decks built with Szarel, Genesis Shepherd in the command zone.

Decks led 1
Games played 0
Wins 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Szarel, Genesis Shepherd, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 3
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Hearthhull, the Worldseed 2 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Jund 2 decks

Every version of Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

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  • Szarel, Genesis Shepherd — Edge of Eternities Commander, Inverted

    Inverted

    Edge of Eternities Commander

    EOC · #4 · 2025

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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.