---
name: "Death Tyrant"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Beholder Skeleton"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "AFC"
set_name: "Forgotten Realms Commander"
collector_number: "23"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "fa944633-e078-41bb-9c7d-4f6b669c27a5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/death-tyrant-afc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Death Tyrant
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Beholder Skeleton
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/6
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
Negative Energy Cone — Whenever an attacking creature you control or a blocking creature an opponent controls dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
{5}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Relentless Dead](/printing/relentless-dead-psoi.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Tenacious Dead](/printing/tenacious-dead-m14.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
3. [Ghastly Death Tyrant](/printing/ghastly-death-tyrant-clb.md) — Creature — Beholder Skeleton
4. [Doomed Dissenter](/printing/doomed-dissenter-bbd.md) — Creature — Human
5. [Midnight Reaper](/printing/midnight-reaper-scd.md) — Creature — Zombie Knight
6. [Deathknell Berserker](/printing/deathknell-berserker-khm.md) — Creature — Elf Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #23
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`