Sanity Gnawers
Creature — Rat
When this creature enters, target player discards a card at random.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #26120
Sanity Gnawers makes each opponent mill three cards at instant speed — relevant reach in mill strategies, negligible everywhere else. Three mana for nine cards milled across a four-player pod is the ceiling, and that ceiling isn't high enough to justify the slot in most builds.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sanity Gnawers finds its only real home in dedicated mill decks where every three cards matters and the instant speed lets you respond to a player drawing their last card. Outside of that niche, the effect is too small to move the needle across three opponents. In Legacy and Vintage it's a non-starter — those formats demand efficiency Sanity Gnawers simply doesn't offer. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a mill-focused planeswalker pairing could use the instant-speed trigger, but even there better options exist at the same cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Sanity Gnawers is deep bulk — the price reflects the demand accurately. Don't expect movement; this is a card you pull from a common box for a budget mill build, not one you track.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.