---
name: "Rankle, Master of Pranks"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Haste"]
set: "OTC"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander"
collector_number: "148"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dmitry Burmak"
oracle_id: "b8619990-9dc2-4fcc-bc7e-457b77cd2a8e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rankle-master-of-pranks-otc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Rankle, Master of Pranks
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue
- **Keywords:** Flying, Haste

## Oracle Text
Flying, haste
Whenever Rankle deals combat damage to a player, choose any number —
• Each player discards a card.
• Each player loses 1 life and draws a card.
• Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rankle, Master of Pranksters](/printing/rankle-master-of-pranksters-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue
2. [Rankle, Pitiless Trickster](/printing/rankle-pitiless-trickster-yotj.md) — Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue
3. [Rankle's Prank](/printing/rankles-prank-woe.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rankle and Torbran](/printing/rankle-and-torbran-mom.md) — Legendary Creature — Faerie Dwarf
5. [High Fae Prankster](/printing/high-fae-prankster-ywoe.md) — Creature — Faerie Rogue
6. [Oona's Blackguard](/printing/oonas-blackguard-znc.md) — Creature — Faerie Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #148
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dmitry Burmak

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2019-10-04)* For each chosen mode, perform that mode in its entirety before continuing on to the next chosen mode in the order printed.
- *(2019-10-04)* You can't choose a mode more than once.
- *(2019-10-04)* In a Two-Headed Giant game, Rankle's second mode causes each team to lose 1 life twice.
- *(2019-10-04)* As the third mode is performed, first the player whose turn it chooses a creature they control, then each other player in turn order does the same, knowing the choices made before them. Then all the chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.
- *(2019-10-04)* As the first mode is performed, first the player whose turn it is chooses a card in hand without revealing it, then each other player in turn order does the same. Then all the chosen cards are discarded at the same time.
- *(2019-10-04)* You can choose a mode even if some or all players will be unaffected.