Zanikev Locust
Creature — Insect
Flying
Scavenge 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #26981
Zanikev Locust replaces itself when it dies — a 2/2 flier that draws a card on death is a fine rate for any deck that wants bodies in the graveyard or fuel on the stack. The ask is five mana for a 2/2, which is steep unless you're actively exploiting the death trigger or need every scrap of card advantage you can find.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Zanikev Locust earns a slot, and even there it's niche — graveyard decks that want recursive fodder or sacrifice outlets to chain into draw are the natural home. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, five mana for a 2/2 with a death trigger is unplayable; faster and cheaper threats dominate. Pioneer sits in the same boat. Zanikev Locust is a Limited card that occasionally graduates to Commander tables running Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver or similar sacrifice-value commanders.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Zanikev Locust is pure bulk — the price of the cardboard, not the card. It won't appreciate; the demand ceiling is Commander graveyard decks, and there are enough copies in circulation to keep it at the floor indefinitely.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.