Death Tyrant

Death Tyrant

Creature — Beholder Skeleton

Mana cost: {4}{B}

How we read this card

Menace
Whenever an attacking creature you control or a blocking creature an opponent controls dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

triggered — makes a token

Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

activated {5}{B} — brings a card back

Causes: create a Zombie creature token, put a Zombie creature token onto the battlefield, put anything onto the battlefield, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature dies.

Works well with

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 795 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Death Tyrant:

  1. Noxious Ghoul — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Geralf, the Fleshwright — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Wayward Servant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Champion of the Perished — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Mummy Paramount — gets +1/+1
  6. Unconventional Tactics — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Binding Mummy — taps a creature or artifact

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

When Death Tyrant leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Erebos's Titan — triggers

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

When Death Tyrant leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Death Tyrant:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Death Tyrant makes a Zombie token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Death Tyrant:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes a token
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

When Death Tyrant makes a Zombie token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

When Death Tyrant attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers
  6. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food

127 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

When Death Tyrant attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Saw — sacrifices a creature

202 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — When a Zombie enters thanks to Death Tyrant, Slash, Reptile Rampager deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — When Death Tyrant enters, Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior puts a counter on itself
  3. The Neutrinos — When a Zombie enters thanks to Death Tyrant, The Neutrinos gets +1/+0
  4. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — When a Zombie enters thanks to Death Tyrant, Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry grants flying, haste and menace
  5. Aetherstorm Roc — When a Zombie enters thanks to Death Tyrant, Aetherstorm Roc puts a counter on a permanent you control
  6. Raphael, Most Attitude — When a Zombie enters thanks to Death Tyrant, Raphael, Most Attitude exiles a card from your library

338 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Death Tyrant is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a Zombie enters thanks to Death Tyrant, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

52 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.