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Ratadrabik of Urborg

Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard

Vigilance, ward {2}
Other Zombies you control have vigilance.
Whenever another legendary creature you control dies, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's not legendary and it's a 2/2 black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{W}{B}
Color identity
BW
Rarity
rare
Set
Dominaria United Promos
Price
$2.54
EDHREC rank
#2695
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Ratadrabik of Urborg card art
Ratadrabik of Urborg turns every legendary creature death into a free 2/2 token copy — ward 2 and zombie typing included — which means a single removal spell never fully sticks. The cost is four mana and a narrow color identity, but the payoff is real: sacrifice-happy legends like Boromir, Warden of the Tower keep their death triggers on loop, and Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness makes every one of those tokens a life-drain event.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness

Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness

65.5% of decks · synergy 0.63

Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness drains opponents for 1 life every time a nontoken creature you control dies, so Ratadrabik of Urborg converting each legendary death into a fresh token means the same legend can trigger the drain repeatedly across a single turn cycle.

02
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

55.8% of decks · synergy 0.53

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge draws a card whenever a legendary permanent enters, and Ratadrabik of Urborg flooding the board with legendary tokens turns every removal spell your opponents cast into a free card for you.

03
Kethis, the Hidden Hand

Kethis, the Hidden Hand

51.9% of decks · synergy 0.50

Kethis, the Hidden Hand reduces the cost of legendary spells and lets you cast them from the graveyard, so Ratadrabik of Urborg adding a token backup for every legend that dies keeps the engine churning even when the graveyard gets stripped.

04
Dihada, Binder of Wills

Dihada, Binder of Wills

44.0% of decks · synergy 0.42

Dihada, Binder of Wills generates legendary tokens and tutors legendary permanents, so Ratadrabik of Urborg fits cleanly as a redundancy layer — any legend Dihada finds and loses still leaves a token ghost behind.

05
Varina, Lich Queen

Varina, Lich Queen

41.6% of decks · synergy 0.38

Varina, Lich Queen builds wide on zombie bodies, and the zombie tokens Ratadrabik of Urborg produces slot directly into that count, turning legendary creature deaths into free fuel for Varina's attack-step draw-and-discard engine.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Ratadrabik of Urborg does its best work — the format is dense with legendary creatures dying to removal or sacrifice, and the token replacement ability turns that attrition into board presence. Outside Commander, Ratadrabik of Urborg is legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but four mana for a 3/3 with a conditional triggered ability competes poorly against the raw speed of those formats. Modern and Legacy have no real use for it; Pioneer is the only 60-card format where a legends-matter shell could theoretically want it, though none has emerged. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander multiplayer shell where it earns a spot, for the same reasons it shines in Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.54 cheap tier

At $2.54, Ratadrabik of Urborg sits firmly in the cheap tier — high inclusion rates across multiple high-synergy commanders with no meaningful price pressure suggests it stays in this range. It's an easy pickup for any legendary-matters or sacrifice-focused build.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.