Carrion Rats
Hachette UK 40 • common
- Set
- Hachette UK
- Collector number
- 40
- 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 originates from the Hachette Partworks 'Magic: The Gathering' collection, a serialized magazine series distributed in the United Kingdom. Released to introduce newcomers to the trading card game, each issue bundled a curated selection of cards with instructional material. These releases were designed to guide players through the mechanics and lore of the game's various settings, with card selections often reflecting the thematic elements of the specific issue's focus.
The artwork for Carrion Rats features the signature dark, visceral aesthetic characteristic of Magic: The Gathering’s early aesthetic direction. As a common card from the Urza’s Saga expansion, its inclusion in the Hachette set provided a functional, graveyard-reliant creature for budget-conscious deck building. The design focused on conveying a sense of decay and thematic horror, a visual style that was highly praised by fans for establishing the game's atmospheric identity during the late 1990s.
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