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Rat King, VerministerHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 5 min read· Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· March 6, 2026
Carte Magic Rat King, Verminister

Rat King, Verminister 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.

01

Official card text

Disappear — At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token and put a +1/+1 counter on Rat King. {T}, Sacrifice three Rats: Return target creature card and all other cards with the same name as that card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

How it works : Rat King, Verminister

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    Some disappear abilities, such as those of the above cards, are triggered abilities with intervening if clauses. If a permanent hasn't left the battlefield under your control that turn by the time the disappear ability would trigger, it won't trigger at all.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Rat King, Verminister
+Intruder Alarm
+Belonging
+Ashnod's Altar
#1

Rat King, Verminister + Intruder Alarm + Belonging + Ashnod's Altar

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Cast Belonging by paying {5}{W}.
  2. 2When Belonging enters, it and Intruder Alarm trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the Belonging trigger, creating three 1/1 Shapeshifter creature tokens with changeling.
  4. 4When the Shapeshifters enter, Intruder Alarm triggers three times. Resolve the Intruder Alarm triggers from this step and step 2, untapping all creatures four times.
  5. 5Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Belonging.
  6. 6Activate Rat King by tapping it and sacrificing the Shapeshifters, returning Belonging from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. 7Repeat from step 2.
Rat King, Verminister
+Thornbite Staff
+Belonging
+Thermopod
#2

Rat King, Verminister + Thornbite Staff + Belonging + Thermopod

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite red mana
  1. 1Cast Belonging by paying {5}{W}.
  2. 2When Belonging enters, it triggers, creating three 1/1 Shapeshifter creature tokens with changeling.
  3. 3Activate Thermopod by sacrificing Belonging.
  4. 4When Belonging dies, Rat King triggers, untapping Rat King.
  5. 5Activate Rat King by tapping it and sacrificing the Shapeshifters.
  6. 6When the Shapeshifters die, Rat King triggers three times, untapping Rat King.
  7. 7Resolve the Rat King ability from step 5, returning Belonging from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. 8Repeat from step 2.
Rat King, Verminister
+Thornbite Staff
+Belonging
+Bloodflow Connoisseur
#3

Rat King, Verminister + Thornbite Staff + Belonging + Bloodflow Connoisseur

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Cast Belonging by paying {5}{W}.
  2. 2When Belonging enters, it triggers, creating three 1/1 Shapeshifter creature tokens with changeling.
  3. 3Activate Bloodflow Connoisseur by sacrificing Belonging.
  4. 4When Belonging dies, Rat King triggers, untapping Rat King.
  5. 5Resolve the Bloodflow Connoisseur ability.
  6. 6Activate Rat King by tapping it and sacrificing the Shapeshifters.
  7. 7When the Shapeshifters die, Rat King triggers three times, untapping Rat King.
  8. 8Resolve the Rat King ability from step 5, returning Belonging from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Rat King, Verminister
+Thornbite Staff
+Belonging
+Carrion Feeder
#4

Rat King, Verminister + Thornbite Staff + Belonging + Carrion Feeder

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Cast Belonging by paying {5}{W}.
  2. 2When Belonging enters, it triggers, creating three 1/1 Shapeshifter creature tokens with changeling.
  3. 3Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Belonging.
  4. 4When Belonging dies, Rat King triggers, untapping Rat King.
  5. 5Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
  6. 6Activate Rat King by tapping it and sacrificing the Shapeshifters.
  7. 7When the Shapeshifters die, Rat King triggers three times, untapping Rat King.
  8. 8Resolve the Rat King ability from step 5, returning Belonging from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Rat King, Verminister
+Intruder Alarm
+Belonging
+Goblin Bombardment
#5

Rat King, Verminister + Intruder Alarm + Belonging + Goblin Bombardment

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Cast Belonging by paying {5}{W}.
  2. 2When Belonging enters, it and Intruder Alarm trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the Belonging trigger, creating three 1/1 Shapeshifter creature tokens with changeling.
  4. 4When the Shapeshifters enter, Intruder Alarm triggers three times. Resolve the Intruder Alarm triggers from this step and step 2, untapping all creatures four times.
  5. 5Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Belonging.
  6. 6Activate Rat King by tapping it and sacrificing the Shapeshifters, returning Belonging from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. 7Repeat from step 2.
Rat King, Verminister
+Intruder Alarm
+Belonging
+Phyrexian Altar
#6

Rat King, Verminister + Intruder Alarm + Belonging + Phyrexian Altar

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Cast Belonging by paying {5}{W}.
  2. 2When Belonging enters, it and Intruder Alarm trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the Belonging trigger, creating three 1/1 Shapeshifter creature tokens with changeling.
  4. 4When the Shapeshifters enter, Intruder Alarm triggers three times. Resolve the Intruder Alarm triggers from this step and step 2, untapping all creatures four times.
  5. 5Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Belonging.
  6. 6Activate Rat King by tapping it and sacrificing the Shapeshifters, returning Belonging from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. 7Repeat from step 2.
Rat King, Verminister
+Intruder Alarm
+Belonging
+Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
#7

Rat King, Verminister + Intruder Alarm + Belonging + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Infinite artifact tokensInfinite Blood tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Cast Belonging by paying {5}{W}.
  2. 2When Belonging enters, it and Intruder Alarm trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the Belonging trigger, creating three 1/1 Shapeshifter creature tokens with changeling.
  4. 4When the Shapeshifters enter, Intruder Alarm triggers three times. Resolve the Intruder Alarm triggers from this step and step 2, untapping all creatures four times.
  5. 5Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Belonging.
  6. 6Activate Rat King by tapping it and sacrificing the Shapeshifters, returning Belonging from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. 7Repeat from step 2.
Rat King, Verminister
+Thornbite Staff
+Belonging
+Blasting Station
#8

Rat King, Verminister + Thornbite Staff + Belonging + Blasting Station

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Cast Belonging by paying {5}{W}.
  2. 2When Belonging enters, it and Blasting Station trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the Belonging trigger, creating three 1/1 Shapeshifter creature tokens with changeling.
  4. 4When the Shapeshifters enter, Blasting Station triggers three times. Resolve all Blasting Station triggers from this step and step 2, untapping it.
  5. 5Activate Blasting Station by tapping it and sacrificing Belonging.
  6. 6When Belonging dies, Rat King triggers, untapping Rat King.
  7. 7Resolve the Blasting Station ability.
  8. 8Activate Rat King by tapping it and sacrificing the Shapeshifters.

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Legal formats

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