Dong Zhou, the Tyrant
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
When Dong Zhou enters, target creature an opponent controls deals damage equal to its power to that player.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition III
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23366
Dong Zhou, the Tyrant hits the table as a 6/4 that forces an opponent to sacrifice a creature and hands you a 2/2 Horse token — immediate board presence and disruption stapled together. The six-mana cost is the ceiling, and at that price you need the effect to matter the turn it lands, which it does.
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 |
Dong Zhou, the Tyrant is a Commander card through and through — the sacrifice trigger and token generation scale best in a multiplayer game where threatening one opponent while building your own board is a real political lever. In Legacy and Vintage, six mana for a 6/4 with an enters-the-battlefield effect has no competitive home; those formats run interaction so cheaply and efficiently that Dong Zhou never survives to matter. Commander is the only format where the card earns its slot, particularly in aristocrats or reanimator shells that want a large body and incidental sacrifice fuel.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Dong Zhou, the Tyrant isn't available here — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market values. As a six-mana legendary with niche Commander appeal, it typically sits in the bulk-rare range and is easy to track down without spending much.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.