Tobias, Doomed Conqueror
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Flash
When Tobias dies, for each nontoken creature you controlled that died this turn, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria United Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #24731
Tobias, Doomed Conqueror puts a free 2/2 Warrior token into play every time a creature token you control dies, turning sacrifice outlets and board wipes into engines rather than setbacks. The catch is that you need a steady stream of tokens dying to keep the engine churning, which means he rewards dedicated sacrifice shells rather than casual good-stuff builds — pair him with Nim Deathmantle and a free sac outlet and the loop writes itself.
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 |
Tobias, Doomed Conqueror is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but his home is unambiguously Commander. In 100-card singleton he slots in as part of the 99 in any Orzhov or Mardu token-sacrifice build, and the slower, value-oriented pace of EDH games gives his death-trigger loop time to generate real advantage. Legacy and Vintage are technically options, but those formats move too fast for a five-mana legendary who needs other tokens to already be dying before he contributes — he won't see competitive play there. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning: if your signature spell feeds tokens into the bin, Tobias can sustain a board presence through removal in a way most five-drops can't.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Tobias, Doomed ConquerorNim DeathmantleAshnod's Altar
Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.