---
name: "Hammerhead Tyrant"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Dragon"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Xavier Ribeiro"
oracle_id: "7830f600-c7c7-48f8-8020-3493c5745eed"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hammerhead-tyrant-tdc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hammerhead Tyrant
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Dragon
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell, return up to one target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to that spell's mana value to its owner's hand.

> *La ausencia de súbditos no le impide ser un tirano.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tidespout Tyrant](/printing/tidespout-tyrant-dis.md) — Creature — Djinn
2. [Tolarian Sentinel](/printing/tolarian-sentinel-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
3. [Shrieking Drake](/printing/shrieking-drake-vis.md) — Creature — Drake
4. [Angler Drake](/printing/angler-drake-gn3.md) — Creature — Drake
5. [Scalelord Reckoner](/printing/scalelord-reckoner-pz2.md) — Creature — Dragon
6. [Transcendent Dragon](/printing/transcendent-dragon-tdc.md) — Creature — Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #21
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Xavier Ribeiro
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`