---
name: "Timothar, Baron of Bats"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Ward"]
set: "VOC"
set_name: "Crimson Vow Commander"
collector_number: "4"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Jason A. Engle"
oracle_id: "82e03151-3990-451c-99cc-c7d386872df2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/timothar-baron-of-bats-voc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Timothar, Baron of Bats
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Ward

## Oracle Text
Ward—Discard a card.
Whenever another nontoken Vampire you control dies, you may pay {1} and exile it. If you do, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying. It gains "When this token deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it and return the exiled card to the battlefield tapped."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bat Whisperer](/printing/bat-whisperer-mid.md) — Creature — Vampire
2. [Sengir Nosferatu](/printing/sengir-nosferatu-tsp.md) — Creature — Vampire
3. [Leering Onlooker](/printing/leering-onlooker-mkm.md) — Creature — Vampire
4. [Regal Bloodlord](/printing/regal-bloodlord-m19.md) — Creature — Vampire Soldier
5. [Skeletal Vampire](/printing/skeletal-vampire-gvl.md) — Creature — Vampire Skeleton
6. [Desecrated Tomb](/printing/desecrated-tomb-pm19.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #4
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Jason A. Engle
- **Total Printings:** 21 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`