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The Rat Controller
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Commander

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Vren, the Relentless

Ward {2} If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. At the beginning of each end step, create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token gets +1/+1 for each other Rat you control," where X is the number of creatures that were exiled under your opponents' control this turn.

Creature
Vren, the Relentless (blb) 239

Commander

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Land

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Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (blc) 294
Castle Locthwain

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}{B}, {T}: Draw a card, then you lose life equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Land
Castle Locthwain (clb) 884
Choked Estuary

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (mkc) 254
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cc2) 8
Darkwater Catacombs

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (clb) 889
Dimir Aqueduct

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (otc) 288
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (otc) 292
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (m3c) 341
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (blb) 269
Lilypad Village

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell. {U}, {T}: Surveil 2. Activate only if a Bird, Frog, Otter, or Rat entered the battlefield under your control this turn.

Land
Lilypad Village (blb) 255
Maestros Theater

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Maestros Theater (snc) 251
Morphic Pool

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Mudflat Village

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B}. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell. {1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target Bat, Lizard, Rat, or Squirrel card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Mudflat Village (blb) 257
Obscura Storefront

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Obscura Storefront (snc) 252
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (otc) 312
Restless Reef

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. {2}{U}{B}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 4/4 blue and black Shark creature with deathtouch. It's still a land. Whenever this land attacks, target player mills four cards.

Land
Restless Reef (lci) 282
Soured Springs

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Soured Springs (otj) 264
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (otc) 325
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (blb) 273
Swarmyard

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Regenerate target Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Land
Swarmyard (blc) 133
Temple of Deceit

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Deceit (woc) 170
Underground River

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Underground River (bro) 300
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (grn) 259

Land

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (blc) 127
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (clu) 221
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (otc) 257
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (mkc) 232
Mirror of Life Trapping

Whenever a creature enters, if it was cast, exile it, then return all other permanent cards exiled with this artifact to the battlefield under their owners' control.

Artifact
Mirror of Life Trapping (clb) 326
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (cc2) 7
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (brr) 58
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (mkc) 242
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (mkc) 245
Tithing Blade

Artifact
Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (lci) 128Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (lci) 128
Voyager Staff

{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile target creature. Return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Artifact
Voyager Staff (rvr) 271

Artifact

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Sorcery

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Crippling Fear

Choose a creature type. Creatures that aren't of the chosen type get -3/-3 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Crippling Fear (cmm) 862
Diabolic Intent

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Diabolic Intent (bro) 89
Distant Melody

Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type.

Sorcery
Distant Melody (cmm) 846
Extract a Confession

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. (Exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.) Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If evidence was collected, instead each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control.

Sorcery
Extract a Confession (mkm) 84
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (otc) 134
Kindred Dominance

Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.

Sorcery
Kindred Dominance (woc) 113
Make an Example

Each opponent separates the creatures they control into two piles. For each opponent, you choose one of their piles. Each opponent sacrifices the creatures in their chosen pile. (Piles can be empty.)

Sorcery
Make an Example (ncc) 37
Mire in Misery

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or enchantment of their choice.

Sorcery
Mire in Misery (c19) 19
Rush of Dread

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1} — Target opponent sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up. + {2} — Target opponent discards half the cards in their hand, rounded up. + {2} — Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up.

Sorcery
Rush of Dread (otj) 104
Swarmyard Massacre

Create two 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. Then each creature that isn't an Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each creature you control that's an Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel.

Sorcery
Swarmyard Massacre (blc) 20
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (cc2) 6

Sorcery

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Creature

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Accursed Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

Creature
Accursed Marauder (mh3) 80
Azure Beastbinder

Vigilance This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or greater. Whenever this creature attacks, up to one target artifact, creature, or planeswalker an opponent controls loses all abilities until your next turn. If it's a creature, it also has base power and toughness 2/2 until your next turn.

Creature
Azure Beastbinder (blb) 41
Braids, Arisen Nightmare

At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

Creature
Braids, Arisen Nightmare (dmu) 288
Eradicator Valkyrie

Flying, lifelink, hexproof from planeswalkers Boast — {1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)

Creature
Eradicator Valkyrie (khm) 94
Fleshbag Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Fleshbag Marauder (clu) 111
Gravelighter

Flying When this creature enters, draw a card if a creature died this turn. Otherwise, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Gravelighter (neo) 98
Karumonix, the Rat King

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) Other Rats you control have toxic 1. When Karumonix enters, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of Rat cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Karumonix, the Rat King (one) 282
Lord Skitter, Sewer King

Whenever another Rat you control enters, exile up to one target card from an opponent's graveyard. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

Creature
Lord Skitter, Sewer King (woe) 97
Mirkwood Bats

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 421
Persistent Marshstalker

This creature gets +1/+0 for each other Rat you control. Threshold — Whenever you attack with one or more Rats, if seven or more cards are in your graveyard, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Creature
Persistent Marshstalker (blb) 104
Piper of the Swarm

Rats you control have menace. {1}{B}, {T}: Create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. {2}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice three Rats: Gain control of target creature.

Creature
Piper of the Swarm (afc) 106
Plaguecrafter

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Each player who can't discards a card.

Creature
Plaguecrafter (j22) 72
Rankle, Master of Pranks

Flying, haste Whenever Rankle deals combat damage to a player, choose any number — • Each player discards a card. • Each player loses 1 life and draws a card. • Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Rankle, Master of Pranks (otc) 148
Sheoldred

Creature
Sheoldred // The True Scriptures (mom) 125Sheoldred // The True Scriptures (mom) 125
Sheoldred, Whispering One

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Sheoldred, Whispering One (mul) 16
Shoreline Looter

This creature can't be blocked. Threshold — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. Then discard a card unless seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Creature
Shoreline Looter (blb) 70
Toxrill, the Corrosive

At the beginning of each end step, put a slime counter on each creature you don't control. Creatures you don't control get -1/-1 for each slime counter on them. Whenever a creature you don't control with a slime counter on it dies, create a 1/1 black Slug creature token. {U}{B}, Sacrifice a Slug: Draw a card.

Creature
Toxrill, the Corrosive (vow) 132
Valley Rotcaller

Menace Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of other Squirrels, Bats, Lizards, and Rats you control.

Creature
Valley Rotcaller (blb) 119

Creature

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Enchantment

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Black Market Connections

At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more — • Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life. • Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life. • Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)

Enchantment
Black Market Connections (clb) 669
Call of the Ring

At the beginning of your upkeep, the Ring tempts you. Whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.

Enchantment
Call of the Ring (ltr) 79
Kindred Discovery

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.

Enchantment
Kindred Discovery (clb) 81
Leyline of Transformation

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Leyline of Transformation (dsk) 63
Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.

Enchantment
Mystic Remora (dmr) 59
No Mercy

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Enchantment
No Mercy (dmr) 427
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (mkc) 133
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114

Enchantment

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Instant

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Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (otc) 89
Battle-Rage Blessing

Target creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Battle-Rage Blessing (dmu) 80
Consumed by Greed

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) Target opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control. If the gift was promised, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Instant
Consumed by Greed (blb) 87
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 81
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (plst) A25-82
Fake Your Own Death

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Fake Your Own Death (snc) 79
Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Infernal Grasp (mid) 107
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Offer Immortality

Target creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Offer Immortality (one) 102
Perplexing Test

Choose one — • Return all creature tokens to their owners' hands. • Return all nontoken creatures to their owners' hands.

Instant
Perplexing Test (c21) 357
Planar Incision

Exile target artifact or creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Instant
Planar Incision (neo) 72
Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant
Reality Shift (woc) 104
Sheoldred's Edict

Choose one — • Each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice. • Each opponent sacrifices a creature token of their choice. • Each opponent sacrifices a planeswalker of their choice.

Instant
Sheoldred's Edict (one) 108
Soul Shatter

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Instant
Soul Shatter (scd) 108
Vona's Hunger

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you have the city's blessing, instead each opponent sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up.

Instant
Vona's Hunger (rix) 90
Waterlogged Teachings

Instant
Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive (mh3) 261Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive (mh3) 261

Instant

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