Zurgo Helmsmasher
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 0.57 € · ★ 0.59 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 7
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- White Black Red
Card text
Haste Zurgo attacks each combat if able. During your turn, Zurgo has indestructible. Whenever a creature dealt damage by Zurgo this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Zurgo.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Ryan Alexander Lee
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2014-09-05
Rulings
Each time a creature dies, check whether Zurgo had dealt any damage to it at any time during that turn. If so, Zurgo's ability will trigger. It doesn't matter who controlled the creature or whose graveyard it went to.
If Zurgo enters the battlefield before the combat phase, it will attack that turn if able. If it enters the battlefield after combat, it won't attack that turn and will usually be available to block on the following turn.
If, during your declare attackers step, Zurgo is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having Zurgo attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
You still choose which player or planeswalker Zurgo Helmsmasher attacks.