---
name: "Rat King, Pale Piper"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Rat Avatar"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "TMC"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal"
collector_number: "19"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Andrey Kuzinskiy"
oracle_id: "da359f85-7a11-4575-848d-642d1ae0ddbb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rat-king-pale-piper-tmc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Rat King, Pale Piper
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Rat Avatar
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
Whenever Rat King or another nontoken creature you control leaves the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token.
{2}, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card.

> *「チェス盤には駒が必要だ。今宵、お前が私の駒としてどれほどの価値があるか、確かめてやろう。」*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lord Skitter, Sewer King](/printing/lord-skitter-sewer-king-pwoe.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Noble
2. [Rat King, Verminister](/printing/rat-king-verminister-tmt.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Avatar
3. [Marrow-Gnawer](/printing/marrow-gnawer-j21.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Rogue
4. [Lord Skitter's Butcher](/printing/lord-skitters-butcher-woe.md) — Creature — Rat Peasant
5. [Piper of the Swarm](/printing/piper-of-the-swarm-eld.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
6. [Voracious Vermin](/printing/voracious-vermin-woe.md) — Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (TMC) #19
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Andrey Kuzinskiy
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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