Pestilence Rats
Ice Age 157 • common
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 157
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
- Market price
- $0.31
What it does
Pestilence Rats's power is equal to the number of other Rats on the battlefield. (For example, as long as there are two other Rats on the battlefield, Pestilence Rats's power and toughness are 2/3.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Pestilence Rats was released in 1995 as part of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set Ice Age. This set marked a significant milestone for Wizards of the Coast as the first standalone expansion that did not require the base game to play, shifting the game's setting to a desolate, frozen world struggling through a magical environmental catastrophe.
The card features artwork by Susan Van Camp, who contributed numerous illustrations to the early years of the game. Her design captures the grim, swarming nature of the creature, aligning with the set's darker aesthetic and the mechanics of the time, which often focused on aggressive or parasitic board presence. The card is noted for its flavor text, which underscores the desperation of the set's post-apocalyptic narrative.
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