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Throat Slitter

Creature — Rat Ninja

Ninjutsu {2}{B} ({2}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy target nonblack creature that player controls.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Betrayers of Kamigawa
Price
$4.75
EDHREC rank
#4050
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Throat Slitter card art
Throat Slitter kills a nonblack creature for free every time it connects — the ninjutsu cost is the only real price you pay, and at two mana it's a bargain. Thousand-Faced Shadow and Splinter, Radical Rat both enable the repeated unblocked attacks that make this removal engine loop, turning a single ninja into a repeatable edict on legs.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Splinter, Radical Rat

Splinter, Radical Rat

59.8% of decks · synergy 0.59

Splinter, Radical Rat is the highest-synergy home because the commander itself wants ninjas connecting every turn, and Throat Slitter converts those free attacks into creature removal without spending a card from hand — the two cards form a self-sustaining engine.

02
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

37.4% of decks · synergy 0.33

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow decks live and die on ninjas getting through unblocked, and Throat Slitter earns its slot by punishing opponents who leave back a single blocker — clear the path, trigger Yuriko, repeat.

03
Goro-Goro and Satoru

Goro-Goro and Satoru

28.5% of decks · synergy 0.28

Goro-Goro and Satoru generates tokens when creatures with power four or greater connect, and Throat Slitter threatens enough removal pressure that opponents are often forced into bad blocks, feeding the token engine.

04
Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

29.3% of decks · synergy 0.27

Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm buffs the whole Rat Ninja tribe and recurs rats from the graveyard, so Throat Slitter gets both a stat bonus and a safety net — get answered, come back, keep killing creatures.

05
Satoru, the Infiltrator

Satoru, the Infiltrator

28.5% of decks · synergy 0.24

Satoru, the Infiltrator draws a card whenever a creature connects that wasn't cast from hand, and Throat Slitter enters via ninjutsu by definition — every successful attack is both a removal spell and a free card.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Throat Slitter does its best work: multiplayer boards are packed with nonblack creatures, ninjutsu decks have robust infrastructure for sneaking attackers through, and a repeatable free removal trigger compounds quickly over a long game. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but functionally irrelevant — those formats move too fast for a five-mana creature that needs to connect before it does anything. Throat Slitter is a role-player, not a format staple, and its role is squarely in Commander's ninjutsu shells.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$4.75 cheap tier

At $4.75, Throat Slitter sits in the cheap tier — affordable enough to slot into any ninja build without a second thought. It's a staple in its archetype rather than a speculative pick, so the price reflects steady demand and is unlikely to spike unless a major new ninja commander shifts the meta.

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