---
name: "Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Beholder"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Goad"]
set: "AFC"
set_name: "Forgotten Realms Commander"
collector_number: "49"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Jason A. Engle"
oracle_id: "47fde936-be71-4550-826b-b98d139cc57a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/karazikar-the-eye-tyrant-afc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Beholder
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5
- **Keywords:** Goad

## Oracle Text
Whenever you attack a player, tap target creature that player controls and goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever an opponent attacks another one of your opponents, you and the attacking player each draw a card and lose 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Death Kiss](/printing/death-kiss-clb.md) — Creature — Beholder
2. [Red Death, Shipwrecker](/printing/red-death-shipwrecker-pip.md) — Legendary Creature — Crab Mutant
3. [Frenzied Gorespawn](/printing/frenzied-gorespawn-clu.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Goblin Racketeer](/printing/goblin-racketeer-cn2.md) — Creature — Goblin Rogue
5. [Killian, Decisive Mentor](/printing/killian-decisive-mentor-soc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
6. [Underdark Beholder](/printing/underdark-beholder-cmb2.md) — Creature — Beholder

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #49
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Jason A. Engle
- **Total Printings:** 19 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`