Magic: The Gathering · expansion
Death Baron
Shards of Alara · #70 · rare · 2008
Creature — Zombie Wizard
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Market reference
$3.77
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 70 / 250
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- rare
- Illustrator
- Nils Hamm
- Colors
- B
- Frame
- 2003
- Border
- black
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Printed
- 2008-10-03
About this card
Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}
Type: Creature — Zombie Wizard
Skeletons you control and other Zombies you control get +1/+1 and have deathtouch. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
"For the necromancer barons, killing and recruitment are one and the same."
P/T: 2/2
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $3.77 |
| USD (foil) | $15.12 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €4.20 |
| EUR (foil) | €9.41 |
| MTGO tix | 0.02 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Death Baron is real?
Death Baron is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Death Baron worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Death Baron is $3.77; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Death Baron from?
Death Baron is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Shards of Alara" in the expansion series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Death Baron?
Death Baron is a rare card in the Shards of Alara set.
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