Carrion Rats
Torment 54 • common
- Set
- Torment
- Collector number
- 54
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, any player may exile a card from their graveyard. If a player does, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn.
"Just what I need—more competition."— Cabal grave robber
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Carrion Rats was released in 2002 as part of the Torment expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, Torment was the second set in the Odyssey block and was famously designed with a distinct mechanical focus on the color black, emphasizing graveyard manipulation and creature sacrifice mechanics. The card was illustrated by Heather Hudson, whose work during this era often leaned into the gothic and gritty aesthetic that defined the set's dark, atmospheric narrative.
The design of the card reflects the mechanics of its time, utilizing a threshold ability to gain strength as the player fills their graveyard. In the context of the early 2000s, this reflected the game's shift toward more interactive graveyard strategies. While the card is not considered a competitive staple, it remains a recognized example of the specific creature-type tribal support and resource management themes that Wizards of the Coast experimented with throughout the Odyssey block.
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