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Zurgo Bellstriker
Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior
Zurgo Bellstriker wants a deck that casts extra spells for free off the top of its deck. It also works in a deck built around Ogres / Orcs or Warriors.
- Mana cost
- Red ()
- Power / toughness2 / 2
- RarityRare
Zurgo can't block creatures with power 2 or greater.
Dash 
(You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
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Cards That Fit Zurgo Bellstriker
Picked for what they do in Zurgo Bellstriker's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Zurgo Bellstriker'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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Rulings for Zurgo Bellstriker
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Even though both cards portray the same character, Zurgo Bellstriker and Zurgo Helmsmasher have different names. Controlling both of them won't invoke the "legend rule."
If a creature enters the battlefield as a copy of or becomes a copy of a creature whose dash cost was paid, the copy won't have haste and won't be returned to its owner's hand.
If you choose to pay the dash cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell. It goes on the stack and can be responded to and countered. You can cast a creature spell for its dash cost only when you otherwise could cast that creature spell. Most of the time, this means during your main phase when the stack is empty.
If you pay the dash cost to cast a creature spell, that card will be returned to its owner's hand only if it's still on the battlefield when its triggered ability resolves. If it dies or goes to another zone before then, it will stay where it is.
Once Zurgo Bellstriker has legally blocked a creature, raising that creature's power to 2 or greater won't undo the block.
You don't have to attack with the creature with dash unless another ability says you do.
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