Carrion Rats
Hachette UK 41 • common
- Set
- Hachette UK
- Collector number
- 41
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Edward P. Beard, Jr.
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
The Carrion Rats card was released as part of the Hachette UK publication of the Magic: The Gathering card game, which brought the trading card phenomenon to the British newsstand market in the mid-1990s. This specific iteration was distributed as a part of a curated collection designed to introduce hobbyists to the mechanics and lore of the game, repurposing artwork and card designs from the foundational expansions of the mid-1990s.
The design of the card features illustration work consistent with the dark, gothic aesthetic popularized during the early development of the game. It was conceived to serve as a common-tier creature, intended to facilitate basic gameplay strategies involving graveyard recursion. While these cards were often overlooked by competitive players in favor of rarer, more powerful alternatives, they remain a significant piece of the game's international distribution history and the efforts to establish its presence in the United Kingdom.
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