Plague Rats
30th Anniversary Edition 118 • common
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- Collector number
- 118
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- $1.29
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 printed in the 1994 Magic: The Gathering set Legends, designed to expand the game's mechanics and lore. The card is known for its unique ability that scales in power based on the number of other Plague Rats on the battlefield, reflecting a thematic swarm mechanic that became a staple of black-aligned card design. The artwork by Susan Van Camp captured the visceral, unsettling nature of the creature, a hallmark of the early aesthetic of the game.
The 30th Anniversary Edition, released in 2022, is a non-tournament-legal commemorative set designed to celebrate three decades of the game's history. This specific version of Plague Rats reproduces the original art and frame style as a nod to the legacy of the Legends set. While the cards were intended as collector's items rather than functional game pieces, they serve as a nostalgic archive of the game's evolving graphic design and the enduring popularity of its foundational creature types.
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