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Tyrannical Pitlord
Card Information
Type: Creature — Demon
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 6
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Dominaria United (DMU)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 284
Oracle Text
Flying, trample As this creature enters, choose another creature you control. The chosen creature gets +3/+3 and has flying. When this creature leaves the battlefield, sacrifice the chosen creature.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- September 9, 2022
If another player gains control of the chosen creature while Tyrannical Pitlord is still on the battlefield, that creature will continue to have flying and get +3/+3.
Source: wotc - September 9, 2022
If the chosen creature leaves the battlefield, you can’t choose a new creature.
Source: wotc - September 9, 2022
If Tyrannical Pitlord enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, that creature can’t be chosen.
Source: wotc - September 9, 2022
The ability of Tyrannical Pitlord that allows you to choose a creature isn’t a triggered ability and doesn’t use the stack. Players can’t respond to your choice of which creature it’s affecting.
Source: wotc - September 9, 2022
If Tyrannical Pitlord’s leaves-the-battlefield triggered ability resolves while its controller is not the same as the controller of the chosen creature, that creature will not be sacrificed.
Source: wotc
Price History
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