Timothar, Baron of Bats

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Timothar, Baron of Bats: Legendary Creature - Vampire Noble, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Ward-Discard a card. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Legendary Creature - Vampire Noble
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
210
Artist
Jason A. Engle
Commander rank
9,649 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Ward
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Timothar, Baron of Bats

Timothar, Baron of Bats is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black legendary creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 210 in that set, with art by Jason A. Engle. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Crimson Vow Commander (2021) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.41 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Ward-Discard a card.

Whenever another nontoken Vampire you control dies, you may pay {1} and exile it. If you do, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying. It gains "When this token deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it and return the exiled card to the battlefield tapped."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.41 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Timothar, Baron of Bats by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Timothar, Baron of Bats

Timothar, Baron of Bats has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #4Mythic2021
Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #42Mythic2021

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Timothar, Baron of Bats, newest first.

  • The ability of each Bat token you create refers only to the card you exile during the resolution of the ability that created that token. When it deals combat damage to a player, you return only that card to the battlefield, not any other card exiled by Timothar.
  • The controller of the Bat token as it deals combat damage to a player will be the controller of its triggered ability, and the exiled card will be returned to the battlefield under that player's control.
  • Timothar's last ability is linked to the ability it grants the Bat token. If a replacement effect causes you to create more than one Bat token with this effect, they will all have that linked ability, and the exiled card will be returned to the battlefield if any of them deals combat damage to a player.
  • If the exiled card is somehow no longer in exile when the Bat token's triggered ability resolves, you will still sacrifice the Bat token.
  • If another creature enters the battlefield as a copy of the Bat token or another effect creates a copy of the Bat token, it will not have the triggered ability granted by Timothar.
  • If you can't exile the card, perhaps because another effect moved the card before the triggered ability started resolving, you can't pay {1} and won't create a token.
  • Timothar's last ability triggers when any nontoken Vampire you control dies, not just nontoken Vampires you own. If you control Timothar and another player's nontoken Vampire and that Vampire dies, you may pay {1} to exile that card from their graveyard.

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