Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

two generic mana one black mana one red mana one green mana Legendary Creature — Insect DruidPower and toughness2/5

Flying

You may play lands from your graveyard.

Whenever you sacrifice another nontoken permanent during your turn, put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to Szarel's power on up to one other target creature.

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Szarel, Genesis Shepherd rulings

2025-07-25
Szarel’s second ability doesn’t change the times when you can play those land cards. You can still play lands only during your main phase when you have priority and the stack is empty.
2025-07-25
Szarel’s second ability doesn’t allow you to activate abilities (such as cycling) of land cards in your graveyard.
2025-07-25
If Szarel leaves the battlefield at the same time as you sacrifice one or more other nontoken permanents during your turn (probably because you also sacrificed Szarel), its last ability triggers for each of those other nontoken permanents.
2025-07-25
If Szarel leaves the battlefield before its last ability resolves, use its power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many +1/+1 counters to put on the target creature.

Szarel, Genesis Shepherd keyword rules

Flying Rule 702.9

Flying is an evasion ability.

A creature with flying can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach. A creature with flying can block a creature with or without flying. (See rule , “Declare Blockers Step,” and rule , “Reach.”)

Multiple instances of flying on the same creature are redundant.