Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
Legendary Creature — Beholder
Whenever you attack a player, tap target creature that player controls and goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever an opponent attacks another one of your opponents, you and the attacking player each draw a card and lose 1 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Forgotten Realms Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3689
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant turns combat into a card-draw engine by goading whatever it hits and rewarding you with a draw plus an opponent's Goaded creature's controller losing a life every time something attacks someone who isn't you. The cost is six mana for a 5/5 that does nothing until it connects — removal before combat shuts off the whole plan, so you need haste or protection to make it reliable.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent already weaponizes opponents' resources against them, and Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant adds a layer of forced combat that keeps pressure off you while the Xantcha political engine drains life totals around the table.
Thantis, the Warweaver
Thantis, the Warweaver demands all creatures attack every combat, so Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant's goad is largely redundant — the real reason it shows up here is the card draw, which Thantis decks desperately need to sustain the chaos.
Kardur, Doomscourge
Kardur, Doomscourge and Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant share the same axis: force creatures to attack opponents and punish them for it, doubling down on the goad-and-drain gameplan that makes Kardur decks tick.
Mathas, Fiend Seeker
Mathas, Fiend Seeker already encourages opponents to kill each other's creatures for bounty counters, and Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant amplifies that by ensuring those creatures are also goaded into swinging at the right targets.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant is doing real work — its entire design assumes a multiplayer table where redirecting attacks and drawing cards off opponents' combat steps is a meaningful political lever. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has zero competitive application; six mana for a creature that needs to connect to generate value doesn't register in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case worth mentioning: in a four-player Oathbreaker pod the goad trigger functions identically to Commander, so the card slots in cleanly if the format sees play in your meta.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.