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Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
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Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

{3}{B}

Legendary Creature — Rat Warlock

Whenever Ashcoat attacks or blocks, other Rats you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Rats you control.

At the beginning of your end step, you may mill four cards. If you do, return up to two Rat creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

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Mill
Set
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material (PZA #6)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
4
Released
2026-03-06
Artist
Michael Dooney
EDHREC rank
#5,217
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.44
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Recursion

Combos 1

Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm+Mind Over Matter+The Peregrine Dynamo
{U}{B}
Infinite self-discard triggersInfinite self-mill
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Marrow-Gnawer 86 %+82.9 %
  2. Piper of the Swarm 78 %+71.6 %
  3. Karumonix, the Rat King 75 %+70.1 %
  4. Pack Rat 74 %+68.4 %
  5. Rat Colony 71 %+65.1 %
  6. Swarmyard 70 %+64.5 %
  7. Ogre Slumlord 71 %+61.6 %
  8. Lord Skitter, Sewer King 67 %+58.8 %
  9. Herald's Horn 55 %+49.5 %
  10. Rat King, Verminister 53 %+49.4 %
  11. Crypt Rats 48 %+43.6 %
  12. Persistent Marshstalker 44 %+40.6 %
  13. Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni 43 %+39.5 %
  14. Patriarch's Bidding 43 %+39.3 %
  15. Vanquisher's Banner 42 %+38.6 %
  16. Ratcatcher 41 %+37.9 %
  17. Thrumming Stone 42 %+37.9 %
  18. Lord Skitter's Butcher 40 %+37.2 %
  19. Tangled Colony 39 %+36.4 %
  20. Bontu's Monument 64 %+35.7 %
  21. Kindred Dominance 40 %+35.6 %
  22. Three Tree City 40 %+35.3 %
  23. Revenge of the Rats 37 %+33.9 %
  24. Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion 37 %+33.0 %
  25. Typhoid Rats 37 %+33.0 %
  26. Swarmyard Massacre 35 %+32.6 %
  27. Haunted One 35 %+32.2 %
  28. Cover of Darkness 35 %+31.9 %
  29. Rat King, Pale Piper 35 %+31.6 %
  30. Valley Rotcaller 33 %+30.5 %
  31. Voracious Vermin 32 %+29.7 %
  32. Patchwork Banner 33 %+28.7 %
  33. Species Specialist 31 %+27.3 %
  34. Swarm of Rats 29 %+27.1 %
  35. Wave of Rats 28 %+26.0 %
  36. Throat Slitter 27 %+25.7 %
  37. Echoing Return 28 %+25.3 %
  38. Coat of Arms 28 %+25.0 %
  39. Path of Ancestry 30 %+24.9 %
  40. Skullclamp 47 %+24.4 %
  41. Door of Destinies 26 %+24.2 %
  42. Mudflat Village 27 %+24.1 %
  43. Burglar Rat 34 %+23.9 %
  44. Bloodline Bidding 27 %+23.4 %
  45. Relentless Rats 24 %+22.5 %
  46. Gnat Miser 24 %+21.4 %
  47. Crippling Fear 24 %+21.1 %
  48. Chronicle of Victory 23 %+20.0 %
  49. Pestilence Rats 21 %+19.6 %
  50. Plague of Vermin 21 %+18.9 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %+1.7 %
  2. Marrow-Gnawer 86 %+82.9 %
  3. Sol Ring 81 %-4.5 %
  4. Piper of the Swarm 78 %+71.6 %
  5. Karumonix, the Rat King 75 %+70.1 %
  6. Pack Rat 74 %+68.4 %
  7. Ogre Slumlord 71 %+61.6 %
  8. Rat Colony 71 %+65.1 %
  9. Swarmyard 70 %+64.5 %
  10. Jet Medallion 67 %+5.4 %
  11. Lord Skitter, Sewer King 67 %+58.8 %
  12. Bontu's Monument 64 %+35.7 %
  13. Cabal Coffers 60 %+5.2 %
  14. Dark Ritual 57 %-10.3 %
  15. Herald's Horn 55 %+49.5 %
  16. Rat King, Verminister 53 %+49.4 %
  17. Arcane Signet 52 %-9.0 %
  18. Crypt Rats 48 %+43.6 %
  19. Skullclamp 47 %+24.4 %
  20. Feed the Swarm 45 %-5.4 %
  21. Bojuka Bog 44 %-2.7 %
  22. Persistent Marshstalker 44 %+40.6 %
  23. Patriarch's Bidding 43 %+39.3 %
  24. Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni 43 %+39.5 %
  25. Vanquisher's Banner 42 %+38.6 %
  26. Thrumming Stone 42 %+37.9 %
  27. Ratcatcher 41 %+37.9 %
  28. Kindred Dominance 40 %+35.6 %
  29. Lord Skitter's Butcher 40 %+37.2 %
  30. Three Tree City 40 %+35.3 %
  31. Village Rites 39 %+13.8 %
  32. Tangled Colony 39 %+36.4 %
  33. Phyrexian Arena 38 %-0.8 %
  34. Revenge of the Rats 37 %+33.9 %
  35. Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion 37 %+33.0 %
  36. Typhoid Rats 37 %+33.0 %
  37. Cabal Stronghold 36 %+2.3 %
  38. Defile 36 %+0.3 %
  39. Rat King, Pale Piper 35 %+31.6 %
  40. Cover of Darkness 35 %+31.9 %
  41. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 35 %-2.7 %
  42. Swarmyard Massacre 35 %+32.6 %
  43. Haunted One 35 %+32.2 %
  44. Lightning Greaves 35 %+0.7 %
  45. Burglar Rat 34 %+23.9 %
  46. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 34 %+4.0 %
  47. Valley Rotcaller 33 %+30.5 %
  48. Patchwork Banner 33 %+28.7 %
  49. Ayara, First of Locthwain 33 %+7.8 %
  50. Voracious Vermin 32 %+29.7 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2022-12-02

    The value of X is locked in as the first ability resolves. The bonus it grants won't change after that point, even if the number of Rats you control does.

  • 2022-12-02

    You choose which Rat creature cards to return to your hand as the last ability resolves. You may choose Rat creature cards milled with this ability.

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