Timothar, Baron of Bats
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."
How Timothar decks play in EDH
Timothar, Baron of Bats is a mono-black commander costing 4BB, and its legendary creature - vampire noble line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones Timothar, Baron of Bats decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $29.23Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (2)
Removal (2)
Creatures (12)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Timothar, Baron of Bats decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Timothar, Baron of Bats deck?
Timothar, Baron of Bats has a mono-black colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Timothar, Baron of Bats?
The cards played most often in Timothar, Baron of Bats decks include Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving, Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver, Bilbo's Deadly Slice. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Timothar, Baron of Bats deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $29.23 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Timothar, Baron of Bats deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.