Is Death Tyrant good in Commander?

Death Tyrant in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Death Tyrant turns every creature death into a 2/2 army — yours, your opponents', anything that dies feeds the token engine. At six mana you're committing to a top-of-curve threat, but pairing it with Breath of Fury creates a combat loop that can end the game on the spot, and Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant runs it in nearly 40% of decks for exactly that reason.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant

38.6% of decks · synergy 0.37

Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant goads opponents into attacking each other, which means creatures die constantly — and Death Tyrant converts every one of those deaths into a 2/2 Zombie token on your side of the board.

02

Mishra, Claimed by Gix

30.2% of decks · synergy 0.29

Mishra, Claimed by Gix wants a steady stream of attackers and payoffs for aggressive combat, and Death Tyrant delivers a self-replenishing board presence that scales with every trade in the red zone.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	not legal
pioneer	not legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Death Tyrant is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer board state is exactly the environment where a death-trigger token engine reaches critical mass. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but six mana for a creature with no immediate protection is a non-starter in those formats. Commander and Oathbreaker are the only real homes, and Commander is where Death Tyrant does its best work: more players means more creatures dying, more tokens, and more opportunities to exploit the board with cards like Breath of Fury.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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