Voice of the Vermin
Creature — Human Citizen
This creature enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Whenever this creature attacks, target creature you control has base power and toughness 4/4 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #26772
Voice of the Vermin puts a 1/1 Rat token into play at the end of each combat in which it attacked — repeat attacks snowball the board fast. The catch is a five-mana 2/2 body, which is a steep rate unless your deck is specifically built to abuse the token generation.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Voice of the Vermin has any real home, specifically in Rat tribal or token-doubler shells that can exploit repeated combat steps — think Isshin, Two Heavens as One or Marrow-Gnawer. In competitive constructed formats like Modern and Legacy it's unplayable; a five-mana 2/2 with a slow value trigger doesn't survive the rate check. Pioneer and Vintage are similarly hostile for the same reasons. Voice of the Vermin is a Commander card through and through, and even there it needs the right deck to justify the slot.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Voice of the Vermin is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; there's no scarcity or cross-format demand to push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.