Rat King, Pale Piper is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
Menace Whenever Rat King or another nontoken creature you control leaves the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token., Sacrifice a token: Draw a card.
How it works : Rat King, Pale Piper
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Viscera Seer + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Rat King, Pale Piper
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Rat King trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding
. - 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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#2
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Blood Artist + Rat King, Pale Piper
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the undying creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Blood Artist, Rat King and the undying creature's undying ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Blood Artist trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Rat King ability, creating a 1/1 Rat creature token.
- 5Resolve the undying trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature and drawing a card.
- 7Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 8When the creature dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life
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Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Zulaport Cutthroat + Rat King, Pale Piper
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the undying creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Zulaport Cutthroat, Rat King and the undying creature's undying ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Zulaport Cutthroat trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Rat King ability, creating a 1/1 Rat creature token.
- 5Resolve the undying trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature and drawing a card.
- 7Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 8When the creature dies, Zulaport Cutthroat triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life
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#4
Reassembling Skeleton + Carrion Feeder + Pitiless Plunderer + Rat King, Pale Piper
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Rat King trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 4Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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#5
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Bastion of Remembrance + Rat King, Pale Piper
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the undying creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Bastion of Remembrance, Rat King and the undying creature's undying ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Bastion of Remembrance trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Rat King ability, creating a 1/1 Rat creature token.
- 5Resolve the undying trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature and drawing a card.
- 7Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 8When the creature dies, Bastion of Remembrance triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life
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#6
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel + Rat King, Pale Piper
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the undying creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Sephiroth, Rat King and the undying creature's undying ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sephiroth trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Rat King ability, creating a 1/1 Rat creature token.
- 5Resolve the undying trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature and drawing a card.
- 7Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 8When the creature dies, Sephiroth triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life
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#7
Umbral Collar Zealot + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer + Rat King, Pale Piper
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Rat King trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
- 4Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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#8
Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar + Rat King, Pale Piper
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Nether Traitor, adding .
- 2When Nether Traitor dies, Rat King triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding one mana of any color.
- 4When the creature token dies, Nether Traitor triggers, causing you to pay to return Nether Traitor from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Repeat.
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Legal formats
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