---
name: "Tar Fiend"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Devour"]
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "89"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anthony S. Waters"
oracle_id: "82bc2ee1-9b51-4b3b-804b-1b4e8aab9a4f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tar-fiend-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Tar Fiend
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Devour

## Oracle Text
Devour 2 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with twice that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, target player discards a card for each creature it devoured.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Skullmulcher](/printing/skullmulcher-plst.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Ravenous Gigantotherium](/printing/ravenous-gigantotherium-c20.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Thunder-Thrash Elder](/printing/thunder-thrash-elder-pc2.md) — Creature — Lizard Warrior
4. [Caldera Hellion](/printing/caldera-hellion-ala.md) — Creature — Hellion
5. [Bloodspore Thrinax](/printing/bloodspore-thrinax-cmm.md) — Creature — Lizard
6. [Gorger Wurm](/printing/gorger-wurm-arb.md) — Creature — Wurm

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #89
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anthony S. Waters
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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