Tomb Tyrant

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Tomb Tyrant: Creature - Zombie Noble, Midnight Hunt Commander. Other Zombies you control get +1/+1. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Zombie Noble
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC)
Released
2021-09-24
Collector number
23
Artist
Chris Cold
Commander rank
5,362 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Tomb Tyrant

Tomb Tyrant is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC), a Commander product released in September 2021. It is collector number 23 in that set, with art by Chris Cold. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Other Zombies you control get +1/+1.

{2}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: 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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.22 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Tomb Tyrant by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Tomb Tyrant

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

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #854Rare2025
Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC) #61Rare2021

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Tomb Tyrant, newest first.

  • If the creature you sacrifice to pay the cost is a Zombie card, it will be among the cards that may be chosen.
  • You need at least three Zombie creature cards in your graveyard before you begin to activate Tomb Tyrant's activated ability. You can't begin to activate it with two and plan to sacrifice a Zombie for the third.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Tomb Tyrant is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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