---
name: "Rat King, Verminister"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Rat Avatar"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Disappear"]
set: "TMT"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
collector_number: "71"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Miklós Ligeti"
oracle_id: "a5656dab-5ce6-48fd-9eae-2c06969bb8df"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rat-king-verminister-tmt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Rat King, Verminister
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Rat Avatar
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Disappear

## Oracle Text
Disappear — At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token and put a +1/+1 counter on Rat King.
{T}, Sacrifice three Rats: Return target creature card and all other cards with the same name as that card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rat King, Pale Piper](/printing/rat-king-pale-piper-tmc.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Avatar
2. [Lord Skitter, Sewer King](/printing/lord-skitter-sewer-king-pwoe.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Noble
3. [Revenge of the Rats](/printing/revenge-of-the-rats-fdn.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rat of God](/printing/rat-of-god-unk.md) — Kindred Sorcery — Rat
5. [Marrow-Gnawer](/printing/marrow-gnawer-j21.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Rogue
6. [Tunnel Rats](/printing/tunnel-rats-tmt.md) — Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT) #71
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Miklós Ligeti
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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