Timothar, Baron of Bats

Printings

  • The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)#210
  • Crimson Vow Commander (VOC)#42
  • Crimson Vow Commander (VOC)#4

Timothar, Baron of Bats

Card Information

Type: Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble

Mana Cost: 4Black manaBlack mana

CMC: 6

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for B

Set: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)

Rarity: Mythic

Collector Number: 210

Oracle Text

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."

Keywords

Ward

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Not Legal)
penny(Not Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Not Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Not Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Not Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Not Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Not Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Related Cards

Timothar, Baron of Bats(Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble)
Bat(Token Creature — Bat)

Card Rulings

  1. November 19, 2021

    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.

    Source: wotc
  2. November 19, 2021

    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.

    Source: wotc
  3. November 19, 2021

    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.

    Source: wotc
  4. November 19, 2021

    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.

    Source: wotc
  5. November 19, 2021

    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.

    Source: wotc
  6. November 19, 2021

    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.

    Source: wotc
  7. November 19, 2021

    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.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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