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Zhao, the Seething Flame

Zhao, the Seething Flame

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Zhao wants a deck that keeps making its creatures bigger turn after turn. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Soldiers.

  • Mana cost4 genericred
  • Red ()
  • Power / toughness5 / 5
  • RarityUncommon

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

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Cards That Fit Zhao, the Seething Flame

Picked for what they do in Zhao's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Zhao'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.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryRPlayers write colors as letters: R for red.+1/+1 Counters+1/+1 counter decks put small markers on their creatures that make each one permanently bigger, and keep adding more every turn. Each +1/+1 counter adds one to a creature's power (the damage it deals) and toughness (the damage it can take).Open the +1/+1 Counters pageEvasionAn ability that makes a creature hard to block, so its attacks reach the player. Flying, menace, landwalk and plain 'can't be blocked' are the common kinds.Open the Evasion page