Magic: The Gathering – What Does Zevlor, Elturel Exile Do?
Like Commander Legends before it, Magic: The Gathering's Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate features dozens of new legendary creatures to build a Commander deck around. Some are small, simple creatures, while others are incredibly powerful bombs that could become big parts of the format.
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One of the earliest cards revealed for the set was Zevlor, Elturel Exile. A Grixis (blue/black/red) commander that copy spells, its announcement was met with widespread confusion from the community. What does Zevlor actually do, and why was it immediately errata'd by Wizards of the Coast? Here is everything you need to know about Zevlor, Elturel Exile.
Zevlor, Elturel Exile is a 4/2 legendary Tiefling Warrior that costs one generic, one blue, one black, and one green. He also has haste, meaning he can attack or tap for his own activated ability the same turn he comes into play.
It's an incredibly wordy card that takes a lot of parsing to understand. As printed on the card, his activated ability costs two generic and tapping Zevlor. When you do, "when you next cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a single opponent or a single permanent an opponent controls this turn, for each other opponent, choose that player or a permanent they control, copy that spell, and the copy targets the chosen player or permanent".
While what it does is already confusing, it isn't helped by the fact that Zevlor received an errata when it was announced. Errata are changes made to cards in their official ruling that differ from the literal, printed words in the text box. The change is just a single word, but it makes all the difference.
The errata adds the word "only" to the first
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