Tymaret, the Murder King

Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior

{1}{R}, Sacrifice another creature: Tymaret deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.
{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{B}{R}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
rare
Set
Theros
Price
$0.22
EDHREC rank
#18667
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Tymaret, the Murder King card art
Tymaret, the Murder King trades creatures for direct damage and recursion — two mana to deal 2 to a player, and three mana to return himself from the graveyard to hand, both by sacrificing a creature. The payoff is real in dedicated aristocrats shells, but the cost in card advantage makes him a role-player, not a headliner.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Tymaret, the Murder King earns his slot in Rakdos aristocrats builds where the sacrifice outlets and graveyard recursion both pull weight — he doubles as a drain engine and a self-recurring threat, which matters when opponents gain inevitability in long games. Outside Commander, he's legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer, but those formats move too fast for a 2/1 legendary that requires creature fuel to do anything; he sees essentially no competitive play there. Oathbreaker is his most interesting non-Commander home if you're pairing him as a signature spell target, but even that's a stretch.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.22 bulk tier

At $0.22, Tymaret, the Murder King is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and almost nothing else. That price won't move; supply is high and demand is narrow, so grab copies freely if the aristocrats shell calls for it.

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