---
name: "Vren, the Relentless"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Rat Rogue"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Ward"]
set: "BLB"
set_name: "Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "239"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kevin Sidharta"
oracle_id: "1216900e-93e3-41a4-b354-9c81938639c2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vren-the-relentless-blb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Vren, the Relentless
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Rat Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Ward

## Oracle Text
Ward {2}
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.
At the beginning of each end step, create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token gets +1/+1 for each other Rat you control," where X is the number of creatures that were exiled under your opponents' control this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lord Skitter, Sewer King](/printing/lord-skitter-sewer-king-pwoe.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Noble
2. [Voracious Vermin](/printing/voracious-vermin-woe.md) — Creature — Rat
3. [Ogre Slumlord](/printing/ogre-slumlord-cmm.md) — Creature — Ogre Rogue
4. [Carrion Rats](/printing/carrion-rats-tor.md) — Creature — Rat
5. [Marrow-Gnawer](/printing/marrow-gnawer-j21.md) — Legendary Creature — Rat Rogue
6. [Ruthless Radrat](/printing/ruthless-radrat-pip.md) — Creature — Rat Mutant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow (BLB) #239
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kevin Sidharta
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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