---
name: "Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Rat Warlock"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "PZA"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material"
collector_number: "6"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Michael Dooney"
oracle_id: "9cc69ea5-42a2-4306-ac6d-cff5adb20bcb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ashcoat-of-the-shadow-swarm-pza"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Rat Warlock
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
Whenever Ashcoat attacks or blocks, other Rats you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Rats you control.
At the beginning of your end step, you may mill four cards. If you do, return up to two Rat creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wick's Patrol](/printing/wicks-patrol-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Warlock
2. [Swarm of Rats](/printing/swarm-of-rats-phuk.md) — Creature — Rat
3. [Gnawing Vermin](/printing/gnawing-vermin-bro.md) — Creature — Rat
4. [Rat Colony](/printing/rat-colony-dom.md) — Creature — Rat
5. [Lord Skitter, Sewer King](/printing/lord-skitter-sewer-king-pwoe.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Noble
6. [Piper of the Swarm](/printing/piper-of-the-swarm-eld.md) — Creature — Human Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material (PZA) #6
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Michael Dooney
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`