Is Nezumi Linkbreaker good in Commander?

Nezumi Linkbreaker in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Nezumi Linkbreaker enters with a +1/+1 counter and makes your rats hexproof — a two-for-one that protects your whole board the moment it lands. Laughing Jasper Flint runs it in over a quarter of builds because keeping the rat tribe alive through spot removal is exactly what that engine needs to close games.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Laughing Jasper Flint

25.6% of decks · synergy 0.25

Laughing Jasper Flint needs rats on the board to keep the exile-and-cast engine firing, and Nezumi Linkbreaker's blanket hexproof means your setup pieces don't die to a single Path to Exile or Swords to Plowshares before you untap.

02

Totentanz, Swarm Piper

14.5% of decks · synergy 0.14

Totentanz, Swarm Piper builds wide on rat tokens, and Nezumi Linkbreaker turns that whole swarm hexproof — making a board wipe the only clean answer your opponents have left.

03

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

13.9% of decks · synergy 0.13

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician wants creatures on board to sacrifice and proliferate, and Nezumi Linkbreaker's hexproof clause protects the rats feeding that machine from the targeted removal that would otherwise disrupt the loop.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	legal
vintage	legal
pauper	legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Nezumi Linkbreaker earns its slot — rat tribal strategies are a real archetype there, and blanket hexproof on a creature type is exactly the kind of resilience those decks need against the targeted removal that runs rampant in a four-player pod. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, rat tribal isn't a competitive archetype, and a three-mana 2/3 that protects a narrow creature type doesn't clear the bar for inclusion. Pauper is legally available and the price is right, but the effect is too parasitic outside a dedicated rat shell to see play there either.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.24 bulk tier

At $0.24, Nezumi Linkbreaker is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or stuff into a rat deck without a second thought. Bulk rares in narrow tribal roles rarely climb unless the tribe gets a high-profile commander push, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a pickup with upside.