---
name: "Drainpipe Vermin"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Rat"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "224"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Trevor Claxton"
oracle_id: "b6d39905-e074-4517-b806-d081d1069f74"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/drainpipe-vermin-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Drainpipe Vermin
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Rat
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, you may pay {B}. If you do, target player discards a card.

> *When times are tough, the poor eat the rats. When times are tougher, the rats eat the poor.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ravenous Rats](/printing/ravenous-rats-10e.md) — Creature — Rat
2. [Dirty Rat](/printing/dirty-rat-und.md) — Host Creature — Rat
3. [Sanity Gnawers](/printing/sanity-gnawers-arb.md) — Creature — Rat
4. [Insidious Bookworms](/printing/insidious-bookworms-cst.md) — Creature — Worm
5. [Rotting Rats](/printing/rotting-rats-con.md) — Creature — Zombie Rat
6. [Rottenheart Ghoul](/printing/rottenheart-ghoul-soi.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #224
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Trevor Claxton
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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