---
name: "Sewer Rats"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Rat"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BRB"
set_name: "Battle Royale Box Set"
collector_number: "70"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Martin McKenna"
oracle_id: "bf526a0d-65cc-445f-b2b8-19a2cfdd836b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sewer-rats-brb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sewer Rats
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Rat
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{B}, Pay 1 life: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate no more than three times each turn.

> *You lie down with rats, and the rats run away.
—Suq'Ata insult*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rabid Rats](/printing/rabid-rats-sth.md) — Creature — Rat
2. [Muck Rats](/printing/muck-rats-s99.md) — Creature — Rat
3. [Thriving Rats](/printing/thriving-rats-kld.md) — Creature — Rat
4. [Rat Out](/printing/rat-out-woe.md) — Instant
5. [Engine Rat](/printing/engine-rat-dft.md) — Creature — Zombie Rat
6. [Rats of Rath](/printing/rats-of-rath-tpr.md) — Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battle Royale Box Set (BRB) #70
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Martin McKenna
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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