Death Baron
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Zombie Wizard
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- Foundations #521 (rare)
- Price
- $5.70 USD
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.)
Death Baron has 11 printings, first in Shards of Alara (2008). EDHREC ranks it #1,664 among Commander cards. It appears most in Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver decks (18,528 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Death Baron
- Undead Unleashed - Midnight Hunt Commander, led by Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
- Wretched Ranks - Foundations Commander, led by Ghoulcaller Gisa
Commanders that run Death Baron most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver: 18,528 decks
- Varina, Lich Queen: 9,858 decks
- The Scarab God: 9,693 decks
- Temmet, Naktamun's Will: 7,887 decks
- Ghoulcaller Gisa: 5,515 decks
- Gisa, the Hellraiser: 4,507 decks
- Gisa and Geralf: 4,425 decks
- Grimgrin, Corpse-Born: 2,715 decks
Often played with Death Baron
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : A creature that's both a Skeleton and a Zombie will get the bonus only once.
- : 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.
- : 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.