Tombstone, Career Criminal
Legendary Creature — Human Villain
When Tombstone enters, return target Villain card from your graveyard to your hand.
Villain spells you cast cost 
less to cast.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Through the Omenpaths
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11982
Tombstone, Career Criminal lands as a persistent threat that blankets the board with menace and punishes opponents for blocking unfavorably — the effect is immediate and doesn't require setup. Norman Osborn decks run it as a reliable curve piece that turns every creature into a harder-to-answer attacker, and the mana cost is low enough that the ask is almost trivial.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Norman Osborn
Norman Osborn wants every attack to matter, and Tombstone, Career Criminal delivers blanket menace to the whole team — turning chip attackers into creatures opponents genuinely can't afford to ignore.
Eddie Brock
Eddie Brock builds around symbiote synergies and aggressive combat, and Tombstone, Career Criminal slots in as a low-cost way to make the entire board harder to block without spending a card on individual pump.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Tombstone, Career Criminal earns its slot in aggressive creature strategies that want to force through damage — blanket menace on a cheap body is a real axis of pressure in a format where chump-blocking is a common survival tool. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer are harder sells: it lacks the raw power level to compete with purpose-built threats at the same mana investment. Legacy and Vintage have even less patience for it. Standard is where it could see fringe play if a wide creature shell needs another way to push damage, but it's primarily a Commander card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Tombstone, Career Criminal isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Given its role as a synergy piece in a specific Commander niche rather than a multi-format staple, it's unlikely to carry a premium — most cards in this lane settle in the bulk-to-dollar range.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Norman Osborn
- Eddie Brock
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.