EDH Optimizer
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: €0.31
Comes in the precon Turtle Power!
Average lands in decks for Rat King, Pale Piper: 36
PopulateRatsTokensAristocratsLifedrainRat ColonyReanimatorSacrifice
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 per EDHREC (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+ (61/100)
- Consistency45
- Speed61
- Interaction24
- Resilience68
- Closing97
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 · Voracious Vermin · Karumonix, the Rat King · Rat Colony · Revenge of the Rats · Lord Skitter, Sewer King · Marrow-Gnawer · Rat King, Verminister · Chittering Witch · Dark Ritual · Jet Medallion · Arcane Signet · Skullclamp · Lord Skitter's Butcher · Typhoid Rats · Valley Rotcaller · Village Rites · Bontu's Monument · Burglar Rat · Tangled Colony · Undercity Dire Rat · Swarmyard Massacre · Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm · Deadly Dispute · Ayara, First of Locthwain · Gruesome Fate · Bastion of Remembrance · Go for the Throat · Persistent Marshstalker · Ashnod's Altar · Engine Rat · Feed the Swarm · Corrupted Conviction · Crypt Rats · Black Market · Bloodline Bidding · Victimize · Charcoal Diamond · Cover of Darkness · Pitiless Plunderer · Withering Torment · Blood Artist · Ruin Rat · Zulaport Cutthroat · Patchwork Banner · Phyrexian Altar · Species Specialist · Twisted Sewer-Witch · Blightbelly Rat · Gray Merchant of Asphodel · Mirkwood Bats · Morbid Opportunist · Phyrexian Arena · Rancid Rats · The Darkness Crystal · Grave Pact · Infernal Grasp · Ratcatcher · Ravenous Rats · Swarm of Rats · Swarmyard · Cabal Coffers · Bojuka Bog · Mortuary Mire · Cabal Stronghold · Big Apple, 3 a.m. · Myriad Landscape · Path of Ancestry · Crypt of Agadeem
🃏 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 | 58% | +55% |
| Pack Rat | 58% | +52% |
| Revenge of the Rats | 55% | +52% |
| Karumonix, the Rat King | 56% | +51% |
| Rat Colony | 55% | +49% |
| Marrow-Gnawer | 52% | +48% |
| Rat King, Verminister | 51% | +47% |
| Lord Skitter, Sewer King | 54% | +46% |
| Chittering Witch | 47% | +43% |
| Swarmyard | 47% | +42% |
| Lord Skitter's Butcher | 44% | +41% |
| Valley Rotcaller | 42% | +39% |
| Typhoid Rats | 42% | +38% |
| Undercity Dire Rat | 40% | +38% |
| Tangled Colony | 41% | +38% |
| Swarmyard Massacre | 39% | +36% |
| Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm | 37% | +33% |
| Gruesome Fate | 33% | +31% |
| Burglar Rat | 41% | +30% |
| Engine Rat | 31% | +29% |
| Persistent Marshstalker | 32% | +29% |
| Crypt Rats | 29% | +25% |
💰 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
- Revenge of the Rats
- Karumonix, the Rat King
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
- Swarmyard Massacre
- Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Reassembling Skeleton + Phyrexian Altar + Pawn of Ulamog → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Viscera Seer + Thran Vigil → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite scry 1
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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 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.9 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 23 % of the time and floods 17 %. Deck health: C+ (61/100).
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.