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Rat King, Pale Piper
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Rat King, Pale Piper

{3}{B}

Legendary Creature — Rat Avatar

Menace

Whenever Rat King or another nontoken creature you control leaves the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token.

{2}, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card.

"Every chessboard requires pawns. Tonight, my pawn, I'll find out just how strong you are."

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Menace
Set
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (TMC #19)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2026-03-06
Artist
Andrey Kuzinskiy
EDHREC rank
#9,861
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 0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Draw

Combos 84

Viscera Seer+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
231 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Reassembling Skeleton+Carrion Feeder+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
129 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Umbral Collar Zealot+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite surveil
114 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Nether Traitor+Phyrexian Altar+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
91 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Woe Strider+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
77 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Viscera Seer+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
52 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Reassembling Skeleton+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
50 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Viscera Seer+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
46 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Umbral Collar Zealot+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite surveil
35 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Carrion Feeder+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
34 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Goblin Bombardment+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{R}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
28 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Ozox, the Clattering King+Phyrexian Altar+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
25 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Woe Strider+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
24 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Altar of Dementia+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
22 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bloodsoaked Champion+Carrion Feeder+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
22 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Woe Strider+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
22 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Umbral Collar Zealot+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite surveil
22 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Oathsworn Vampire+Phyrexian Altar+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
17 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Reassembling Skeleton+Bartolomé del Presidio+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{W}{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
15 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bloodsoaked Champion+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
14 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Cult Conscript+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
14 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Umbral Collar Zealot+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite surveil
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Altar of Dementia+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
11 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Viscera Seer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
10 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Ashnod's Altar+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{G}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
10 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blasting Station+Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
9 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Reassembling Skeleton+Pitiless Plunderer+Phantom Train+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
8 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Reassembling Skeleton+Bloodflow Connoisseur+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
8 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Altar of Dementia+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
8 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Viscera Seer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite scry 1
8 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Umbral Collar Zealot+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite surveil
7 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Goblin Bombardment+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{R}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
7 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Carrion Feeder+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Woe Strider+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite scry 1
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Goblin Bombardment+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{R}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blasting Station+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Carrion Feeder+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{G}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
5 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Phyrexian Altar+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{G}
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blasting Station+Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Yahenni, Undying Partisan+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Woe Strider+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite scry 1
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Altar of Dementia+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bloodsoaked Champion+Bartolomé del Presidio+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{W}{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Altar of Dementia+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bartolomé del Presidio+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{W}{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Phantom Train+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Beifong's Bounty Hunters+Goblin Bombardment+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggers
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bloodsoaked Champion+Pitiless Plunderer+Phantom Train+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Tenacious Dead+Pitiless Plunderer+Bloodflow Connoisseur+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Bloodflow Connoisseur+Cult Conscript+Pitiless Plunderer+Rat King, Pale Piper
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Showing the 50 most played of 84.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Ogre Slumlord 77 %+67.7 %
  2. Piper of the Swarm 63 %+56.2 %
  3. Voracious Vermin 59 %+56.0 %
  4. Revenge of the Rats 57 %+53.6 %
  5. Pack Rat 59 %+53.0 %
  6. Karumonix, the Rat King 57 %+52.1 %
  7. Rat Colony 54 %+48.1 %
  8. Marrow-Gnawer 52 %+48.1 %
  9. Rat King, Verminister 51 %+47.3 %
  10. Lord Skitter, Sewer King 53 %+44.6 %
  11. Chittering Witch 46 %+42.2 %
  12. Lord Skitter's Butcher 44 %+41.3 %
  13. Swarmyard 46 %+40.8 %
  14. Valley Rotcaller 41 %+38.5 %
  15. Undercity Dire Rat 39 %+37.4 %
  16. Tangled Colony 40 %+37.3 %
  17. Typhoid Rats 40 %+36.7 %
  18. Swarmyard Massacre 38 %+35.8 %
  19. Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm 37 %+33.6 %
  20. Gruesome Fate 33 %+31.0 %
  21. Burglar Rat 41 %+30.8 %
  22. Persistent Marshstalker 33 %+30.1 %
  23. Engine Rat 31 %+29.2 %
  24. Crypt Rats 30 %+25.6 %
  25. Bloodline Bidding 28 %+23.9 %
  26. Mortuary Mire 36 %+23.3 %
  27. Skullclamp 45 %+23.0 %
  28. Cover of Darkness 26 %+22.6 %
  29. Ruin Rat 24 %+22.5 %
  30. Big Apple, 3 a.m. 24 %+22.0 %
  31. Twisted Sewer-Witch 22 %+20.3 %
  32. Patchwork Banner 25 %+20.3 %
  33. Rancid Rats 22 %+19.4 %
  34. Species Specialist 23 %+19.3 %
  35. Swarm of Rats 22 %+19.3 %
  36. Innocuous Rat 20 %+18.6 %
  37. Ravenous Rats 20 %+18.0 %
  38. Vanquisher's Banner 22 %+17.9 %
  39. Path of Ancestry 23 %+17.7 %
  40. Corrupted Conviction 30 %+17.5 %
  41. Blightbelly Rat 21 %+17.3 %
  42. Village Rites 42 %+16.7 %
  43. Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni 20 %+16.5 %
  44. Ratcatcher 20 %+16.4 %
  45. Rat Out 18 %+16.2 %
  46. Chronicle of Victory 19 %+16.0 %
  47. Mudflat Village 19 %+15.8 %
  48. Relentless Rats 18 %+15.8 %
  49. Gnawing Vermin 16 %+15.1 %
  50. Chittering Rats 15 %+15.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %+1.6 %
  2. Ogre Slumlord 77 %+67.7 %
  3. Sol Ring 71 %-14.3 %
  4. Piper of the Swarm 63 %+56.2 %
  5. Voracious Vermin 59 %+56.0 %
  6. Pack Rat 59 %+53.0 %
  7. Karumonix, the Rat King 57 %+52.1 %
  8. Revenge of the Rats 57 %+53.6 %
  9. Rat Colony 54 %+48.1 %
  10. Lord Skitter, Sewer King 53 %+44.6 %
  11. Marrow-Gnawer 52 %+48.1 %
  12. Rat King, Verminister 51 %+47.3 %
  13. Dark Ritual 48 %-18.9 %
  14. Jet Medallion 47 %-14.6 %
  15. Chittering Witch 46 %+42.2 %
  16. Swarmyard 46 %+40.8 %
  17. Arcane Signet 45 %-16.1 %
  18. Skullclamp 45 %+23.0 %
  19. Lord Skitter's Butcher 44 %+41.3 %
  20. Village Rites 42 %+16.7 %
  21. Cabal Coffers 42 %-12.5 %
  22. Valley Rotcaller 41 %+38.5 %
  23. Burglar Rat 41 %+30.8 %
  24. Bontu's Monument 41 %+13.3 %
  25. Typhoid Rats 40 %+36.7 %
  26. Bojuka Bog 40 %-7.0 %
  27. Tangled Colony 40 %+37.3 %
  28. Undercity Dire Rat 39 %+37.4 %
  29. Swarmyard Massacre 38 %+35.8 %
  30. Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm 37 %+33.6 %
  31. Deadly Dispute 36 %+9.1 %
  32. Mortuary Mire 36 %+23.3 %
  33. Ayara, First of Locthwain 35 %+10.0 %
  34. Persistent Marshstalker 33 %+30.1 %
  35. Gruesome Fate 33 %+31.0 %
  36. Go for the Throat 32 %+9.5 %
  37. Bastion of Remembrance 32 %+14.8 %
  38. Engine Rat 31 %+29.2 %
  39. Ashnod's Altar 31 %+11.1 %
  40. Feed the Swarm 31 %-19.4 %
  41. Corrupted Conviction 30 %+17.5 %
  42. Crypt Rats 30 %+25.6 %
  43. Bloodline Bidding 28 %+23.9 %
  44. Black Market 28 %+7.6 %
  45. Victimize 28 %+0.3 %
  46. Pitiless Plunderer 27 %+6.8 %
  47. Cabal Stronghold 27 %-7.2 %
  48. Cover of Darkness 26 %+22.6 %
  49. Withering Torment 25 %-6.8 %
  50. Blood Artist 25 %-6.8 %

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 ↗
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