---
name: "Rancid Rats"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Rat"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Skulk", "Deathtouch"]
set: "SOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad"
collector_number: "130"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daniel Ljunggren"
oracle_id: "e3552730-fe09-443f-b432-9640b69c7bbb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rancid-rats-soi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Rancid Rats
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Rat
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Skulk, Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

> *"그 녀석들이 벽 안에 있어! 저 소리가 안 들려?"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Typhoid Rats](/printing/typhoid-rats-cns.md) — Creature — Rat
2. [Engine Rat](/printing/engine-rat-dft.md) — Creature — Zombie Rat
3. [Gutter Skulk](/printing/gutter-skulk-gtc.md) — Creature — Zombie Rat
4. [Ruin Rat](/printing/ruin-rat-plst.md) — Creature — Rat
5. [Plaguecrafter's Familiar](/printing/plaguecrafters-familiar-j21.md) — Creature — Rat
6. [Rabid Rats](/printing/rabid-rats-sth.md) — Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #130
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daniel Ljunggren
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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