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Zada, Hedron Grinder

Legendary Creature — Goblin Ally

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Masters 25
Price
$0.18
EDHREC rank
#3571
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Zada, Hedron Grinder card art
Zada, Hedron Grinder turns a single cantrip targeting her into a copy for every creature you control — one Expedite becomes ten Expedites, and that kind of card-draw acceleration ends games. Storm-Kiln Artist and Feather, the Redeemed are the two natural homes, but Zada slots into any red token deck that can point a spell at her.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Feather, the Redeemed

Feather, the Redeemed

75.1% of decks · synergy 0.72

Feather, the Redeemed returns instants and sorceries from the graveyard to hand, which means every cantrip copied by Zada, Hedron Grinder comes back for free next turn — the loop is effectively self-sustaining, and 75% of Feather decks run Zada for exactly that reason.

02
The Howling Abomination

The Howling Abomination

46.3% of decks · synergy 0.45

The Howling Abomination rewards you for casting spells on your opponents' turns, and Zada, Hedron Grinder's mass-copy trigger during combat or in response to removal turns a single cheap instant into a storm-level event that fills the Abomination's damage requirements.

03
Imodane, the Pyrohammer

Imodane, the Pyrohammer

14.3% of decks · synergy 0.13

Imodane, the Pyrohammer deals damage equal to a targeting spell's power boost to every opponent, so copying a single pump spell across a board full of creatures via Zada, Hedron Grinder scales that damage output to a lethal number almost instantly.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the format Zada, Hedron Grinder was built for — 40 life means you need the kind of explosive card advantage and board-wide buff turns that Zada enables, and token strategies in red have enough cheap cantrips and pump spells to fire the engine reliably. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but sees no meaningful play; one-card combo redundancy is abundant enough that a five-mana legend requiring a token board isn't competing for slots. Modern and Pioneer are similar stories — Zada is legal in both but the setup cost is too steep relative to what those formats demand in speed and efficiency. Oathbreaker is the one alternative 60-card-adjacent format where Zada has genuine upside as the planeswalker support piece, feeding a wide board with cantrip copies in a way that mirrors the Commander experience.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.18 bulk tier

At $0.18, Zada, Hedron Grinder is pure bulk — you're picking it up out of a dollar box, not tracking it on a buylist. Demand is steady enough from Commander players that it won't disappear from stores, but there's no scarcity holding the price up, so expect it to stay in this range.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.