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◇ Catalog #70

Death Baron

ala·#70·rare·foil

Illus. Nils Hamm

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Oct '08

18 yr ago

Value

$15.12+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $16 · low $14

NM$15.1

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$14–$16modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $15low $0.02range 75500.0%n 54

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,678 · Common include

Variants

Foil$15

Nonfoil$3.69

Gameplay

Creature — Zombie Wizard

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.)

For the necromancer barons, killing and recruitment are one and the same.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2018-07-13wotc

A creature that's both a Skeleton and a Zombie will get the bonus only once.

2018-07-13wotc

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.

2018-07-13wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $15.12. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $15.12 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ALA — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #70 of *Shards of Alara*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2008 Shards of Alara release.

Card type: Creature — Zombie Wizard, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{B}{B} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,678 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Nils Hamm. Rarix catalogs 782 other cards credited to this artist.