Death Baron
Creature — Zombie Wizard
ALAShards of Alara#70rare
For the necromancer barons, killing and recruitment are one and the same.
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
- Illustrator
- Nils Hamm
- Found in
- Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardLegal
Skeletons you control and other Zombies you control get +1/+1 and have deathtouch. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
2/2Plays as:
Tribal Lord
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Rulings
3 · latest Jul 13, 2018
- WotCJul 13, 2018
A creature that's both a Skeleton and a Zombie will get the bonus only once.
- WotCJul 13, 2018
Because damage remains marked on a creature until it's removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a Skeleton or Zombie you control may become lethal if Death Baron leaves the battlefield during that turn.
- WotCJul 13, 2018
Death Baron doesn't normally affect itself. If you manage to turn it into a Skeleton, however, then it will give itself +1/+1 and deathtouch.