Deathmask Nezumi
Creature — Rat Shaman
As long as you have seven or more cards in hand, this creature gets +2/+1 and has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #25788
Deathmask Nezumi is a 2/2 for three mana that gains fear and +1/+1 as long as you control seven or more cards in hand — a payoff that demands you already be winning the resource war to get anything out of it. The condition is too steep and the body too small for how much work is required.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Deathmask Nezumi is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no play in any of them. In Commander, the seven-card threshold is achievable in dedicated draw engines, but there are stronger payoffs for that level of hand size. In Pauper, where commons compete for tight slots, a conditional 3/3 with fear doesn't clear the bar when more consistent threats exist at the same cost. Legacy and Vintage simply ignore it.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Deathmask Nezumi is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable for the wrong reason: nobody wants it, so it won't move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.