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Herald of Kozilek

one generic manaone blue manaone red manaCreature — Eldrazi DronePower and toughness2/4

Card text

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Colorless spells you cast cost one generic mana less to cast.

"Some Eldrazi, their purpose is obvious: suck the life out of the land, birth new Eldrazi. Others aren't so obvious, and those are the ones that make me really nervous." —Chadir the Navigator

Showing Battle for Zendikar#205

Price

0.35 $

Foil 8.18 $

11 printings

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Herald of Kozilek rulings

  • If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.

  • Herald of Kozilek's last ability doesn't change the mana cost or mana value of any spell. It changes only the total cost you actually pay.

  • Herald of Kozilek's last ability can't reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a spell. It reduces only the generic component of that mana cost.

  • If there are additional costs to cast a spell, or if the cost to cast a spell is increased by an effect, apply those increases before applying cost reductions.

  • The cost reduction can apply to alternative costs.

  • If a colorless spell you cast has X generic mana in its mana cost, you choose the value of X before calculating the spell's total cost. For example, if that spell's mana cost is X generic mana, you could choose 5 as the value of X and pay four generic mana to cast the spell.

  • Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.

  • A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.

  • Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.

  • Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.

Herald of Kozilek keyword rules

Devoid Rule 702.114

Devoid is a characteristic-defining ability. “Devoid” means “This object is colorless.” This ability functions everywhere, even outside the game. See rule .

Herald of Kozilek format legality

Constructed

  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • Future StandardNot legal

Eternal

  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperNot legal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal

Commander

  • CommanderLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • PreDHNot legal

Arena & online

  • HistoricNot legal
  • TimelessNot legal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • GladiatorNot legal
  • BrawlNot legal
  • Standard BrawlNot legal
  • Competitive BrawlNot legal

Other

  • TLRLegal

All printings of Herald of Kozilek 11

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