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◇ Catalog #188

Plague Rats

5ed·#188·common·nonfoil

Illus. Anson Maddocks

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.14+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.14 · low $0.13

NM$0.14

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.13–$0.15modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.14low $0.12range 16.7%n 45

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #25,284 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.14

Gameplay

Creature — Rat

Plague Rats's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures named Plague Rats on the battlefield.

"Should you a Rat to madness tease Why ev'n a Rat may plague you . . . ." —Samuel Coleridge, "Recantation"

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Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.14. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.12 and $0.14 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 5ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #188 of *Fifth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1997 Fifth Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Rat, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #25,284 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Anson Maddocks. Rarix catalogs 716 other cards credited to this artist.