Tattered Ratter
Creature — Human Peasant
Whenever a Rat you control becomes blocked, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #19543
Tattered Ratter punishes your opponents for losing creatures — every nontoken creature death on their side produces a 1/1 Rat token for you, which in a multiplayer game adds up faster than it looks. The catch is the 3/1 body for three mana: it dies to a stiff breeze, so it needs a token-payoff shell like Totentanz, Swarm Piper to justify the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Totentanz, Swarm Piper already converts your own creature deaths into Rats, and Tattered Ratter extends that engine to every opponent's graveyard — wraths and sacrifice effects suddenly fill your board from all angles.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Tattered Ratter is at its best: three opponents means three sources of creature deaths, and the token count scales hard once board wipes start trading. Outside of dedicated Rat tribal or death-trigger shells, it's too situational to earn a slot over cards that generate value proactively. In 60-card formats it's largely irrelevant — Modern and Pioneer decks that care about opponent creature deaths have faster, more reliable tools, and Tattered Ratter's fragile body makes it a liability in any interactive matchup. It's a Commander-only card in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Tattered Ratter is pure bulk — a zero-friction pickup for any Rat tribal list. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely climb, so don't expect movement unless Rat tribal gets a high-profile push.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.