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Tar Fiend
Creature · ElementalDevour
TCGplayer market · ALA #89 nonfoil
$0.34 +6.3% +$0.02, 7 days
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- #25,658 Down 164 in 30 days
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Tar Fiend Price Summary
The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.34, up 6.3% over 7 days, flat over 30 days, up 3.0% over 90 days.
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Tar Fiend in Sealed Products
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Tar Fiend Printings & Prices
Tar Fiend has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.
Sell Tar Fiend: Buylist Offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Market | Spread to market |
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| CoolStuffInc | ALA #89 | Foil | |||
| Card Kingdom | ALA #89 | Foil | |||
| Card Kingdom | ALA #89 | Nonfoil |
Tar Fiend Rules Text & Legality
Tar Fiend
Devour 2 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with twice that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, target player discards a card for each creature it devoured.
Tar Fiend is legal in Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard, Pioneer and Pauper.
- CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- PreDHLegal
- VintageLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- Competitive BrawlNot legal
- Future StandardNot legal
- GladiatorNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
- StandardNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
Tar Fiend Rulings
- Oct 1, 2008
If multiple creatures with devour are entering under your control at the same time, you may use each one's devour ability. A creature you already control can be devoured by only one of them, however. (In other words, you can't sacrifice the same creature to satisfy multiple devour abilities.) All creatures devoured this way are sacrificed at the same time.
- Oct 1, 2008
If you cast this as a spell, you choose how many and which creatures to devour as part of the resolution of that spell. (It can't be countered at this point.) The same is true of a spell or ability that lets you put a creature with devour onto the battlefield.
- Oct 1, 2008
You may choose not to sacrifice any creatures for the Devour ability.
- Oct 1, 2008
You may sacrifice only creatures that are already on the battlefield. If a creature with devour and another creature are entering under your control at the same time, the creature with devour can't devour that other creature. The creature with devour also can't devour itself.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
Tar Fiend has been reprinted 2 times.
- Oct 3, 2008Shards of AlaraALA #89
- Oct 3, 2008Shards of Alara · foilALA #89
Tar Fiend in Commander
Tar Fiend is the #25,658 most-played card on EDHREC, down 164 places over the last 30 days.
#25,658
EDHREC rank
across all Commander decks Down 164 in 30 days
across all Commander decks Down 164 in 30 days
Tar Fiend FAQ
How much is Tar Fiend worth?
Tar Fiend is worth about $0.34 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 10, 2026.
Is Tar Fiend legal in Commander?
Yes. Tar Fiend is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Modern and Legacy.
Has Tar Fiend been reprinted?
Yes. Tar Fiend has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Tar Fiend cheap?
Tar Fiend trades at about $0.34; 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#25,658 on EDHREC).