Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

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Name	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
Type	Legendary planeswalker — ral
Description	+1: Surveil 2. −1: Any number of target players each discard a card. −2: Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. −7: Flip five coins. Target opponent skips their next X turns, where X is the numbeSee more
Artist	Billy Christian
Set	Secrets of Strixhaven Promos #97p
Wallpaper	download
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About Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer, Legendary planeswalker — ral, designed by Qistina Khalidah first released in Mar, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander.

Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer would fit best in a mono‑black midrange or control shell that leverages graveyard value, hand disruption, and cheap creatures—particularly in formats where recurring impactful 3‑mana creatures (like Graveyard Trespasser, Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor, or utility creatures with ETB effects) provides steady advantage. The +1 surveil fuels reanimation and smooths draws, the −1 pressures multiple opponents in multiplayer or strips key cards in 1v1, and the −2 offers efficient recursion, making it strongest in grindy environments; however, the −7 is highly variance‑based and unreliable as a primary win condition. In competitive formats, it would likely be overshadowed by stronger 3‑mana black planeswalkers such as Liliana of the Veil (more immediate board impact and proven efficiency) or Liliana, the Last Hope (better creature recursion and board control), which are generally more powerful and consistent. As a result, while Ral could see niche play in graveyard‑centric Sta