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Rat King, Pale Piper
Legendary Creature — Rat Avatar · 3B
Color identity: Black
Rat King, Pale Piper is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Menace
Whenever Rat King or another nontoken creature you control leaves the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token.
{2}, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card.
Reference price of the card: €0.36
Comes in the precon Turtle Power!
Average lands in decks for Rat King, Pale Piper: 36
RatsPopulateTokensGo WideReanimatorSacrificeAristocratsLifedrain
Build your Rat King, Pale Piper deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Rat King, Pale Piper 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Rat King, Pale Piper deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (60/100)
- Consistency67
- Speed67
- Interaction22
- Resilience71
- Closing58
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (9 nonbasic, 27 Swamp)
Ogre Slumlord · Sol Ring · Piper of the Swarm · Pack Rat · Karumonix, the Rat King · Voracious Vermin · Rat King, Verminister · Lord Skitter, Sewer King · Revenge of the Rats · Rat Colony · Marrow-Gnawer · Arcane Signet · Dark Ritual · Skullclamp · Village Rites · Jet Medallion · Lord Skitter's Butcher · Bontu's Monument · Chittering Witch · Tangled Colony · Typhoid Rats · Valley Rotcaller · Burglar Rat · Deadly Dispute · Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm · Feed the Swarm · Swarmyard Massacre · Undercity Dire Rat · Ayara, First of Locthwain · Crypt Rats · Gruesome Fate · Persistent Marshstalker · Bastion of Remembrance · Bloodline Bidding · Corrupted Conviction · Go for the Throat · Ashnod's Altar · Engine Rat · Victimize · Black Market · Pitiless Plunderer · Blood Artist · Charcoal Diamond · Cover of Darkness · Patchwork Banner · Withering Torment · Zulaport Cutthroat · Infernal Grasp · Species Specialist · Phyrexian Altar · Twisted Sewer-Witch · Gray Merchant of Asphodel · Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni · Mirkwood Bats · Rancid Rats · Ruin Rat · Swarm of Rats · Grave Pact · Morbid Opportunist · Phyrexian Arena · Vanquisher's Banner · Blightbelly Rat · Ratcatcher · Swarmyard · Bojuka Bog · Cabal Coffers · Mortuary Mire · Cabal Stronghold · Path of Ancestry · Big Apple, 3 a.m. · Mudflat Village · Myriad Landscape
🃏 Recommended cards for Rat King, Pale Piper
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Rat King, Pale Piper, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Ogre Slumlord | 76% | +67% |
| Piper of the Swarm | 65% | +58% |
| Voracious Vermin | 59% | +56% |
| Pack Rat | 61% | +55% |
| Karumonix, the Rat King | 59% | +54% |
| Rat King, Verminister | 57% | +54% |
| Revenge of the Rats | 56% | +53% |
| Rat Colony | 55% | +50% |
| Marrow-Gnawer | 53% | +49% |
| Lord Skitter, Sewer King | 56% | +48% |
| Swarmyard | 50% | +44% |
| Lord Skitter's Butcher | 45% | +42% |
| Tangled Colony | 42% | +39% |
| Typhoid Rats | 42% | +39% |
| Valley Rotcaller | 41% | +38% |
| Chittering Witch | 42% | +38% |
| Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm | 39% | +35% |
| Swarmyard Massacre | 37% | +35% |
| Undercity Dire Rat | 36% | +34% |
| Gruesome Fate | 33% | +31% |
| Persistent Marshstalker | 33% | +31% |
| Burglar Rat | 40% | +30% |
| Crypt Rats | 33% | +29% |
| Bloodline Bidding | 32% | +28% |
💰 The best cards for your Rat King, Pale Piper deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Ogre Slumlord
- Piper of the Swarm
- Voracious Vermin
- Pack Rat
- Karumonix, the Rat King
- Rat King, Verminister
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Rat Colony
- Lord Skitter, Sewer King
- Swarmyard
- Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
- Swarmyard Massacre
- Skullclamp
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Marrow-Gnawer
- Species Specialist
- Chronicle of Victory
- Three Tree City
- Ashnod's Altar
- Phyrexian Altar
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Rat King, Pale Piper
- Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Blood Artist → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite lifeloss
- Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Zulaport Cutthroat + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite lifeloss
- Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite scry 1, Infinite storm count
- Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Rat King, Pale Piper's color identity?
Rat King, Pale Piper is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Rat King, Pale Piper come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Rat King, Pale Piper deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.8 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 21 % of the time and floods 9 %. Deck health: C+ (60/100).
How many lands should a Rat King, Pale Piper deck run?
Real Rat King, Pale Piper decks run 36 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Rat King, Pale Piper?
The three highest-synergy cards are Ogre Slumlord, Piper of the Swarm, Voracious Vermin. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Rat King, Pale Piper decks.
What combos does Rat King, Pale Piper have?
Rat King, Pale Piper has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Rat King, Pale Piper deck cost?
You can start cheap: Ogre Slumlord, Piper of the Swarm, Voracious Vermin are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.