---
name: "Gnawing Vermin"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Rat"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "BRO"
set_name: "The Brothers' War"
collector_number: "101"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Raoul Vitale"
oracle_id: "33ef3d51-845d-460b-97a0-95e7591cf466"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gnawing-vermin-bro"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, target player mills two cards.
When this creature dies, target creature you don't control gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

> *"Todo mundo avisa sobre areia e a comida, mas os ratos são piores que os dois juntos!"
— Sanwell, carta para a família*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Daggerfang Duo](/printing/daggerfang-duo-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Squirrel
2. [Wick's Patrol](/printing/wicks-patrol-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Warlock
3. [Ravenous Rats](/printing/ravenous-rats-10e.md) — Creature — Rat
4. [Voracious Vermin](/printing/voracious-vermin-woe.md) — Creature — Rat
5. [Burrowing Razormaw](/printing/burrowing-razormaw-bro.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Sanity Gnawers](/printing/sanity-gnawers-arb.md) — Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Brothers' War (BRO) #101
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Raoul Vitale
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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