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◇ Catalog #25

Death Baron

hop·#25·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Nils Hamm

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Sep '09

17 yr ago

Value

$5.62+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $4.78 · low $4.36

NM$4.62

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.27–$4.88modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $4.75low $0.14range 3292.9%n 45

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,678 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil$4.62

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 $4.62. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.14 and $4.75 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from HOP — the lineup includes 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 #25 of *Planechase*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2009 Planechase 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.