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Timothar, Baron of Bats
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Timothar, Baron of Bats

{4}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble

Ward—Discard a card.

Whenever another nontoken Vampire you control dies, you may pay {1} and exile it. If you do, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying. It gains "When this token deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it and return the exiled card to the battlefield tapped."

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Ward
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC #210)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
6
Released
2023-11-17
Artist
Jason A. Engle
EDHREC rank
#9,758
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.15
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Protection

Combos 9

Timothar, Baron of Bats+Breath of Fury+Pawn of Ulamog+Anger
{B}{R}
Infinite combat damageInfinite combat phasesInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you control
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Timothar, Baron of Bats+Eternal Scourge+Ashnod's Altar+Maskwood Nexus
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Timothar, Baron of Bats+Eternal Scourge+Ashnod's Altar+Conspiracy
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Garna, the Bloodflame+Timothar, Baron of Bats+Breath of Fury+Pawn of Ulamog
{B}{R}
Infinite combat damageInfinite combat phasesInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you control
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Timothar, Baron of Bats+Breath of Fury+Pawn of Ulamog+Urabrask the Hidden
{B}{R}
Infinite combat damageInfinite combat phasesInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you control
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Timothar, Baron of Bats+Eternal Scourge+Ashnod's Altar+Xenograft
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Timothar, Baron of Bats+Breath of Fury+Pawn of Ulamog+Mass Hysteria
{B}{R}
Infinite combat damageInfinite combat phasesInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you control
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Timothar, Baron of Bats+Eternal Scourge+Ashnod's Altar+Arcane Adaptation
{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Rukarumel, Biologist+Timothar, Baron of Bats+Eternal Scourge+Ashnod's Altar
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 9 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Cordial Vampire 78 %+76.9 %
  2. Crossway Troublemakers 73 %+72.3 %
  3. Patron of the Vein 66 %+65.1 %
  4. Sanctum Seeker 66 %+65.0 %
  5. Indulgent Aristocrat 64 %+62.9 %
  6. Champion of Dusk 63 %+62.7 %
  7. Olivia's Wrath 60 %+59.2 %
  8. Malakir Bloodwitch 60 %+59.2 %
  9. Butcher of Malakir 65 %+59.1 %
  10. Bloodline Necromancer 51 %+50.9 %
  11. Falkenrath Noble 55 %+50.7 %
  12. Captivating Vampire 51 %+50.6 %
  13. Vampire Nighthawk 55 %+49.4 %
  14. Drana, Liberator of Malakir 52 %+48.9 %
  15. Markov Baron 47 %+46.1 %
  16. Dusk Legion Zealot 47 %+44.7 %
  17. Shadow Alley Denizen 46 %+43.9 %
  18. Nirkana Revenant 54 %+43.2 %
  19. Bloodlord of Vaasgoth 43 %+42.6 %
  20. Blood Artist 73 %+41.6 %
  21. Anowon, the Ruin Sage 42 %+41.5 %
  22. Vampiric Rites 47 %+41.1 %
  23. Bloodline Keeper 42 %+40.7 %
  24. Vampire Nocturnus 41 %+40.4 %
  25. Bloodtracker 41 %+40.3 %
  26. Path of Ancestry 44 %+39.2 %
  27. Yahenni, Undying Partisan 45 %+38.9 %
  28. Master of Dark Rites 37 %+35.8 %
  29. Urge to Feed 36 %+35.7 %
  30. New Blood 35 %+34.9 %
  31. Vindictive Vampire 37 %+34.2 %
  32. Voldaren Estate 34 %+33.9 %
  33. Glass-Cast Heart 34 %+33.6 %
  34. Viscera Seer 51 %+33.5 %
  35. Necropolis Regent 34 %+32.4 %
  36. Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord 32 %+31.6 %
  37. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 42 %+31.4 %
  38. Blade of the Bloodchief 33 %+31.0 %
  39. Vampire Spawn 31 %+30.3 %
  40. Henrika Domnathi 31 %+29.6 %
  41. Vraan, Executioner Thane 32 %+29.3 %
  42. Twilight Prophet 35 %+29.2 %
  43. Herald's Horn 32 %+26.2 %
  44. Village Rites 52 %+26.1 %
  45. Nighthawk Scavenger 31 %+26.1 %
  46. Callous Bloodmage 26 %+25.5 %
  47. Mirkwood Bats 34 %+25.4 %
  48. Vermin Gorger 25 %+24.7 %
  49. Blood Tribute 25 %+23.8 %
  50. Bishop of the Bloodstained 24 %+23.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %+1.6 %
  2. Sol Ring 81 %-4.8 %
  3. Cordial Vampire 78 %+76.9 %
  4. Crossway Troublemakers 73 %+72.3 %
  5. Blood Artist 73 %+41.6 %
  6. Sanctum Seeker 66 %+65.0 %
  7. Patron of the Vein 66 %+65.1 %
  8. Butcher of Malakir 65 %+59.1 %
  9. Indulgent Aristocrat 64 %+62.9 %
  10. Champion of Dusk 63 %+62.7 %
  11. Malakir Bloodwitch 60 %+59.2 %
  12. Olivia's Wrath 60 %+59.2 %
  13. Arcane Signet 59 %-2.9 %
  14. Feed the Swarm 58 %+7.7 %
  15. Falkenrath Noble 55 %+50.7 %
  16. Vampire Nighthawk 55 %+49.4 %
  17. Nirkana Revenant 54 %+43.2 %
  18. Village Rites 52 %+26.1 %
  19. Drana, Liberator of Malakir 52 %+48.9 %
  20. Bloodline Necromancer 51 %+50.9 %
  21. Captivating Vampire 51 %+50.6 %
  22. Viscera Seer 51 %+33.5 %
  23. Bojuka Bog 51 %+3.5 %
  24. Dark Ritual 49 %-18.3 %
  25. Jet Medallion 49 %-13.1 %
  26. Dusk Legion Zealot 47 %+44.7 %
  27. Vampiric Rites 47 %+41.1 %
  28. Markov Baron 47 %+46.1 %
  29. Sign in Blood 46 %+11.6 %
  30. Shadow Alley Denizen 46 %+43.9 %
  31. Yahenni, Undying Partisan 45 %+38.9 %
  32. Path of Ancestry 44 %+39.2 %
  33. Bloodlord of Vaasgoth 43 %+42.6 %
  34. Charcoal Diamond 43 %+21.2 %
  35. Bontu's Monument 43 %+14.8 %
  36. Anowon, the Ruin Sage 42 %+41.5 %
  37. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 42 %+31.4 %
  38. Bloodline Keeper 42 %+40.7 %
  39. Vampire Nocturnus 41 %+40.4 %
  40. Go for the Throat 41 %+18.3 %
  41. Bloodtracker 41 %+40.3 %
  42. Defile 41 %+5.4 %
  43. Cabal Coffers 40 %-15.0 %
  44. Myriad Landscape 38 %+14.0 %
  45. Rogue's Passage 38 %+18.6 %
  46. Infernal Grasp 38 %+12.5 %
  47. Master of Dark Rites 37 %+35.8 %
  48. Swiftfoot Boots 37 %+5.1 %
  49. Vindictive Vampire 37 %+34.2 %
  50. Urge to Feed 36 %+35.7 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2021-11-19

    If another creature enters the battlefield as a copy of the Bat token or another effect creates a copy of the Bat token, it will not have the triggered ability granted by Timothar.

  • 2021-11-19

    If the exiled card is somehow no longer in exile when the Bat token's triggered ability resolves, you will still sacrifice the Bat token.

  • 2021-11-19

    If you can't exile the card, perhaps because another effect moved the card before the triggered ability started resolving, you can't pay {1} and won't create a token.

  • 2021-11-19

    The ability of each Bat token you create refers only to the card you exile during the resolution of the ability that created that token. When it deals combat damage to a player, you return only that card to the battlefield, not any other card exiled by Timothar.

  • 2021-11-19

    The controller of the Bat token as it deals combat damage to a player will be the controller of its triggered ability, and the exiled card will be returned to the battlefield under that player's control.

  • 2021-11-19

    Timothar's last ability is linked to the ability it grants the Bat token. If a replacement effect causes you to create more than one Bat token with this effect, they will all have that linked ability, and the exiled card will be returned to the battlefield if any of them deals combat damage to a player.

  • 2021-11-19

    Timothar's last ability triggers when any nontoken Vampire you control dies, not just nontoken Vampires you own. If you control Timothar and another player's nontoken Vampire and that Vampire dies, you may pay {1} to exile that card from their graveyard.

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