Barrage Tyrant — ruling 1

Barrage Tyrant deals the damage, not the sacrificed creature. For example, if the sacrificed creature had lifelink, you won't gain life.

Barrage Tyrant — ruling 2

Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.

Barrage Tyrant — ruling 3

A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.

Barrage Tyrant — ruling 4

Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.

Barrage Tyrant — ruling 5

Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.

Barrage Tyrant — ruling 6

If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.

Barrage Tyrant : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Barrage Tyrant is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Devoid (This card has no color.) , Sacrifice another colorless creature: This creature deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.

How it works : Barrage Tyrant

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1August 25, 2015· Wizards of the Coast
Barrage Tyrant deals the damage, not the sacrificed creature. For example, if the sacrificed creature had lifelink, you won't gain life.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2August 25, 2015· Wizards of the Coast
Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3August 25, 2015· Wizards of the Coast
A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4August 25, 2015· Wizards of the Coast
Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5August 25, 2015· Wizards of the Coast
Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6August 25, 2015· Wizards of the Coast
If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.
No other card is named in this ruling.