Plague Rats
Revised Edition 123 • common
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Collector number
- 123
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
Plague Rats's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures named Plague Rats on the battlefield.
"Should you a Rat to madness tease Why ev'n a Rat may plague you. . ." —Samuel Coleridge, "Recantation"
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
Plague Rats was originally released in the 1993 Alpha set as part of Magic: The Gathering's debut. The card was designed to mechanically reflect the concept of a swarm, with its power and toughness tied to the number of copies of the card on the battlefield. It quickly became a staple of early aggressive deck-building strategies, showcasing the game's focus on synergistic card mechanics.
The iconic illustration for the Revised Edition was provided by Anson Maddocks. His distinct, gritty art style defined much of the early aesthetic of the game's dark fantasy world. The card's design was received as a clever implementation of thematic flavor, successfully translating the behavior of a vermin infestation into a functional game mechanic that required players to commit heavily to a specific strategy.
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