Tomb Tyrant

Tomb Tyrant

Creature — Zombie Noble

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Other Zombies you control get +1/+1.

static — gives +1/+1

Return a Zombie creature card at random from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your turn and only if there are at least three Zombie creature cards in your graveyard.

activated {2}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {2}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature — brings a card back

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put a Zombie creature onto the battlefield, a Zombie creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice, a Zombie creature in a graveyard, a Zombie it boosts.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Tomb Tyrant is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Tomb Tyrant, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Tomb Tyrant, it exiles a Nightmare

put a Zombie creature into a graveyard — 21 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Apprentice Necromancer — When Apprentice Necromancer is in the graveyard, Tomb Tyrant can bring it back
  2. Silversmote Ghoul — When Silversmote Ghoul is in the graveyard, Tomb Tyrant can bring it back
  3. Wall of Limbs — When Wall of Limbs is in the graveyard, Tomb Tyrant can bring it back
  4. Nim Replica — When Nim Replica is in the graveyard, Tomb Tyrant can bring it back
  5. Gangrenous Zombies — When Gangrenous Zombies is in the graveyard, Tomb Tyrant can bring it back
  6. Plague Dogs — When Plague Dogs is in the graveyard, Tomb Tyrant can bring it back
  7. Haunted Cadaver — When Haunted Cadaver is in the graveyard, Tomb Tyrant can bring it back
  8. Liliana's Steward — When Liliana's Steward is in the graveyard, Tomb Tyrant can bring it back
  9. Priest of the Haunted Edge — When Priest of the Haunted Edge is in the graveyard, Tomb Tyrant can bring it back
  10. Barrow Ghoul — When Barrow Ghoul is in the graveyard, Tomb Tyrant can bring it back

11 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Zombie deals combat damage — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Tomb Tyrant is one).

  1. Undead Alchemist — When Tomb Tyrant deals combat damage, Undead Alchemist mills a card

a Zombie attacks — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Tomb Tyrant is one).

  1. Varina, Lich Queen — When Tomb Tyrant attacks, Varina, Lich Queen draws you that many cards

a nontoken Zombie enters the battlefield — 661 cards in the game can cause this (Tomb Tyrant is one).

  1. Necroduality — When Tomb Tyrant enters, Necroduality makes a token

a Zombie it boosts — 669 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Cursecloth Wrappings — Cursecloth Wrappings gives Tomb Tyrant bigger stats

668 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When Tomb Tyrant enters:

  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 Zombie creature it grants abilities to — 797 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Ghoulflesh — Ghoulflesh gives Tomb Tyrant an extra ability

796 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When you sacrifice a creature to Tomb Tyrant:

  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. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Tomb Tyrant is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Tomb Tyrant:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Tomb Tyrant is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Tomb Tyrant:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 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 (Tomb Tyrant is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Tomb Tyrant:

  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 in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Tomb Tyrant is one).

Tomb Tyrant puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Tomb Tyrant is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Tomb Tyrant:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Tomb Tyrant is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Tomb Tyrant fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 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 (Tomb Tyrant is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Tomb Tyrant attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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