---
name: "Gnawing Crescendo"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "WOE"
set_name: "Wilds of Eldraine"
collector_number: "131"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alexey Kruglov"
oracle_id: "0332f7b5-dad3-4fd0-b86c-78bd8301f59d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gnawing-crescendo-woe"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gnawing Crescendo
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies this turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

> *Totentanz's song had no lyrics, but the rats understood it nonetheless. "You own this land," it said. "You deserve to feast."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Voracious Vermin](/printing/voracious-vermin-woe.md) — Creature — Rat
2. [Rat Out](/printing/rat-out-woe.md) — Instant
3. [Marrow-Gnawer](/printing/marrow-gnawer-j21.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Rogue
4. [Song of Totentanz](/printing/song-of-totentanz-pwoe.md) — Sorcery
5. [Tattered Ratter](/printing/tattered-ratter-woe.md) — Creature — Human Peasant
6. [Ogre Slumlord](/printing/ogre-slumlord-cmm.md) — Creature — Ogre Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Wilds of Eldraine (WOE) #131
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alexey Kruglov
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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