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Zada, Hedron Grinder
Legendary Creature — Goblin Ally
Zada wants a deck that casts lots of instant and sorcery spells. It leads the ready-made Goblin Storm deck (2026).
- Mana cost
- Red ()
- Power / toughness3 / 3
- RarityRare
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.
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Cards That Fit Zada, Hedron Grinder
Picked for what they do in Zada's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Zada's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.
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Decks Led by Zada, Hedron Grinder
Zada leads a ready-made deck.PreconShort for preconstructed deck: a ready-to-play deck sold in a box by Wizards of the Coast. A Commander precon comes with its commander and all 100 cards, so you can play it straight away and change cards later.Open the full glossary
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Goblin StormOfficial precon
All 100 Cards
Commander · 1
Creatures · 25
- 1×Broadside Bombardiers
- 1×Conspicuous Snoop
- 1×Gempalm Incinerator
- 1×General Kreat, the Boltbringer
- 1×Goblin Bushwhacker
- 1×Goblin Chieftain
- 1×Goblin Dark-Dwellers
- 1×Goblin Lackey
- 1×Goblin Matron
- 1×Goblin Trashmaster
- 1×Goblin Warchief
- 1×Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
- 1×Howlsquad Heavy
- 1×Impulsive Pilferer
- 1×Krenko, Mob Boss
- 1×Mogg War Marshal
- 1×Pashalik Mons
- 1×Redcap Gutter-Dweller
- 1×Roaming Throne
- 1×Rundvelt Hordemaster
- 1×Searslicer Goblin
- 1×Siege-Gang Commander
- 1×Siege-Gang Lieutenant
- 1×Skirk Prospector
- 1×Storm-Kiln Artist
Instants · 10
Sorceries · 17
Artifacts · 6
Enchantments · 5
Rulings for Zada, Hedron Grinder
explain how Zada works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary
Any creature you control that couldn't be targeted by the original spell (due to shroud, protection abilities, targeting restrictions, or any other reason) is just ignored by Zada's ability.
If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Rolling Thunder does), the copies have the same value of X.
If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copies will have the same mode. You can't choose a different one.
If you cast an instant or sorcery spell that has multiple targets, but it's targeting only Zada with all of them, Zada's ability will trigger. The copies will similarly each be targeting only one of your other creatures. You can't change any of the copy's targets to other creatures.
The controller of a copy can't choose to pay any alternative or additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any alternative or additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy.
The copies that the ability creates are created on the stack, so they're not cast. Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell (like Zada's ability itself) won't trigger.
You control all the copies. You choose the order the copies are put onto the stack. The original spell will be on the stack beneath those copies and will resolve last.
Zada's ability triggers whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada and no other object or player.
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