“For the necromancer barons, killing and recruitment are one and the same.”
Death Baron
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Creature — Zombie Wizard
Mana Cost: {1}{B}{B}
Oracle Rules Text: 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.)
Flavor Text: For the necromancer barons, killing and recruitment are one and the same.
Set: Foundations (#521), Rarity: Rare, Artist: Nils Hamm
Creature
Black
Rare
Anthem
$5.50
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€3.65
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (3)
2018-07-13
A creature that's both a Skeleton and a Zombie will get the bonus only once.
2018-07-13
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.
2018-07-13
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.
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