Magic: The Gathering

Ravenous Rats

Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari 49 • common

Set: Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari
Collector number: 49
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 1 generic mana black mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Black
Artist: Carl Critchlow
Market price: $0.30

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$0.30market price via TCGplayer · Sep 21, 2026$0.25 – $0.30 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This card is a classic example of a mechanic that disrupts an opponent’s hand, forcing them to discard a resource as soon as it enters the battlefield. As a common from this specific deck pairing, it represents the essential utility creatures that allow players to maintain pressure and deplete an adversary's options early in the game.

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Card face

What it does

When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card.

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Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Ravenous Rats originated in the Urza's Legacy set in 1999, designed as a common black creature intended to provide incremental value through a discard effect. The card became a staple of early Magic: The Gathering utility creatures, valued for its ability to strip a card from an opponent's hand while providing a blocker. Its mechanical simplicity and effectiveness in Limited formats solidified its status as a reliable, if unremarkable, member of the black color identity.

The version from Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari, released in 2012, features updated art by Greg Staples. The Duel Decks series was designed to showcase the thematic clash between two-color guilds, and this inclusion helped reinforce the Golgari Swarm's focus on attrition and graveyard-centric gameplay. The illustration reflects the gritty, swamp-dwelling aesthetic characteristic of the Golgari, aligning with the deck's flavor of decomposition and rot.

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About

About Ravenous Rats

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