---
name: "Lord Skitter's Butcher"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Rat Peasant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "WOE"
set_name: "Wilds of Eldraine"
collector_number: "99"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Leesha Hannigan"
oracle_id: "467f756f-75db-4748-99d3-62651776adfe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lord-skitters-butcher-woe"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lord Skitter's Butcher
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Rat Peasant
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."
• You may sacrifice another creature. If you do, scry 2, then draw a card.
• Creatures you control gain menace until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lord Skitter, Sewer King](/printing/lord-skitter-sewer-king-pwoe.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Noble
2. [Rat King, Pale Piper](/printing/rat-king-pale-piper-tmc.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Avatar
3. [Piper of the Swarm](/printing/piper-of-the-swarm-eld.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
4. [Redcap Gutter-Dweller](/printing/redcap-gutter-dweller-woe.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
5. [Ruthless Radrat](/printing/ruthless-radrat-pip.md) — Creature — Rat Mutant
6. [Chittering Skitterling](/printing/chittering-skitterling-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Wilds of Eldraine (WOE) #99
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Leesha Hannigan
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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