Card text
Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, you may cast a spell with lesser mana value that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost. If you don't, create First Mate Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey Pirate creature token. It gains haste until end of turn.
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Mana cost
{1}{U}{R}
Power / toughness
2/4
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Card text
Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, you may cast a spell with lesser mana value that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost. If you don't, create First Mate Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey Pirate creature token. It gains haste until end of turn.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Baral and Kari Zev
Baral and Kari Zev (218) is a Blue and Red Legendary Creature — Human from March of the Machine (MOM). It costs {1}{U}{R}, has mana value 3 and is a 2/4. It can be your commander. It is printed at Rare rarity. Its text prints First strike and Menace. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage and 5 more formats.
March of the Machine is a main expansion, released April 2023. Baral and Kari Zev has 3 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
First strike, menace Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, you may cast a spell with lesser mana value that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost. If you don't, create First Mate Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey Pirate creature token. It gains haste until end of turn.
Card details
- Card number
- 218
- Set
- March of the Machine (MOM)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 14 April 2023
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Legendary Creature — Human
- Colour
- Blue / Red
- Colour identity
- Blue / Red
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{R}
- Power / toughness
- 2/4
- Finish
- Non-foil
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Other printings of Baral and Kari Zev in March of the Machine
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Baral and Kari Zev in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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