Nezumi Cutthroat
Creature — Rat Warrior
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
This creature can't block.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16408
Nezumi Cutthroat puts a 2/1 fear creature on the board for two mana — evasion that most decks simply can't block. The catch is the Swamp-only upkeep, which is a real cost outside of mono-black or near-mono builds, but Karumonix, the Rat King decks run enough Swamps that it's almost never a liability.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Karumonix, the Rat King
Karumonix, the Rat King wants every Rat it can find, and Nezumi Cutthroat delivers a cheap, evasive body that consistently connects to trigger poison counters — the upkeep condition is irrelevant in a dedicated mono-black Rat shell.
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 |
Nezumi Cutthroat is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it's almost exclusively a Commander card in practice. In Pauper it's a common-legal two-mana evasive creature, though fear is a weaker keyword in a format dominated by black decks. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the power floor there is too high for a vanilla-statted two-drop. Commander is where Nezumi Cutthroat earns its slot, specifically in Rat tribal builds where the tribal synergies justify running every playable Rat regardless of raw power.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Nezumi Cutthroat right now — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Given its narrow tribal application, it historically sits in budget territory and shouldn't be difficult to acquire.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.