Zero Point Ballad
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures with toughness X or less. You lose X life. If X is 6 or more, return a creature card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.71
- EDHREC rank
- #8094
Zero Point Ballad reanimates a creature from any graveyard and turns it into a 4/4 with no abilities — meaningful board presence at instant speed, but the ability-stripping clause is the cost you're paying for the flexibility. In Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist builds, that blank-slate creature is a feature, not a bug, since Xu-Ifit cares about modifying bodies rather than innate text.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist builds around grafting abilities onto creatures, so Zero Point Ballad's ability-erasing reanimation drops a clean target that Xu-Ifit can immediately outfit with whatever counters or modifications the deck has on hand — the 4/4 baseline is just the starting point.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Zero Point Ballad earns its slot in graveyard-adjacent decks that want instant-speed interaction rather than sorcery-speed reanimation — the ability to grab any player's graveyard at the right moment is genuine flexibility in a four-player game. Outside Commander, the competitive landscape is less forgiving: Modern and Pioneer have faster, cheaper reanimation options that don't strip abilities, and the 4/4 floor rarely closes games quickly enough to matter. Standard is where Zero Point Ballad has the clearest window, since the card pool is shallower and instant-speed reanimation of any creature is a real swing turn. Legacy and Vintage have enough redundancy and raw power that this slot simply goes to stronger options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.71 bulk tier
At $0.71, Zero Point Ballad sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a one-of for any deck that wants the effect without a meaningful budget commitment. Bulk rares at this price point rarely climb unless a specific competitive archetype adopts them, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.