Drainpipe Vermin
Return to Ravnica 66 • common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 66
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Trevor Claxton
- Market price
- $0.11
What it does
When this creature dies, you may pay black mana. If you do, target player discards a card.
When times are tough, the poor eat the rats. When times are tougher, the rats eat the poor.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Drainpipe Vermin was released in 2012 as part of the Return to Ravnica set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The card represents the pervasive subterranean life of the Ravnica plane, specifically serving the Dimir guild, which operates in the shadows of the city-world's vast urban landscape. It was designed to function as a low-cost creature that provides tactical disruption by forcing opponents to discard cards, embodying the theme of resource attrition typical of the set's black-aligned strategies.
The artwork for the card was provided by Zoltan Boros, who depicted the creature as a nimble, unsettling rat-like hybrid suited for the grime of the Ravnican sewers. Boros aimed to capture the essence of a pest that is both a scavenger and a tool for a clandestine organization. The design was well-received within the limited format of the game, as it provided players with a reliable, albeit unassuming, way to exert pressure on an opponent's hand early in a match.
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