Gobhobbler Rats
Creature — Rat
Hellbent — As long as you have no cards in hand, this creature gets +1/+0 and has "
: Regenerate this creature." (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #25354
Gobhobbler Rats enters as a 2/1 for two mana and grows into a 3/2 as long as you have no cards in hand — a condition Rakdos hellbent decks meet reliably, but everyone else won't. It's a role-player, not a staple: narrow enough that you run it only if your deck is built around emptying your hand.
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 |
In Commander, Gobhobbler Rats is a fringe inclusion in dedicated hellbent builds — Rakdos, Lord of Riots and similar commanders that reward or require an empty hand give it a real home, but the condition is hard to sustain across a four-player game where draw effects are everywhere. In Pauper it competes in aggressive Rakdos shells where hellbent is more achievable in a two-player game and a 3/2 for two matters more, making that its most credible format. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla-stat two-drop with an upkeep condition. Gobhobbler Rats is a build-around piece in the formats that reward aggression and hand-dumping; everywhere else it's outclassed before it untaps.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Gobhobbler Rats is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'd bother ordering it. That price reflects its narrow playability accurately and isn't going anywhere without a sudden hellbent renaissance.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.