---
name: "Tomb Blade"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Necron"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Unearth"]
set: "40K"
set_name: "Warhammer 40,000 Commander"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Darren Tan"
oracle_id: "c857de66-f4e0-4e97-ad01-fac623af8225"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tomb-blade-40k"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tomb Blade
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Necron
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4
- **Keywords:** Flying, Unearth

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses life equal to the number of creatures they control unless they sacrifice a creature of their choice.
Unearth {6}{B}{B}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lokhust Heavy Destroyer](/printing/lokhust-heavy-destroyer-40k.md) — Artifact Creature — Necron
2. [Triarch Praetorian](/printing/triarch-praetorian-40k.md) — Artifact Creature — Necron
3. [Sedraxis Specter](/printing/sedraxis-specter-plst.md) — Creature — Specter
4. [Archfiend of Sorrows](/printing/archfiend-of-sorrows-plst.md) — Creature — Demon
5. [Necrogen Scudder](/printing/necrogen-scudder-som.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
6. [Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant](/printing/bladewing-deathless-tyrant-dmc.md) — Legendary Creature — Dragon Skeleton

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #64
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Darren Tan
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`