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◇ Catalog #56

Rat Colony

spg·#56·mythic·borderless

Illus. Mark Zug

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Aug '24

2 yr ago

Value

$31.63+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $32 · low $29

NM$30.6

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$28–$32modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $31low $1.36range 2161.8%n 89

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #4,441 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$31

Gameplay

Creature — Rat

This creature gets +1/+0 for each other Rat you control. A deck can have any number of cards named Rat Colony.

For every five you see, there are fifty you don't.

2/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2024-07-26wotc

Rat Colony's last ability lets you ignore only the "four-of" rule. It doesn't let you ignore format legality. For example, during a Bloomburrow Limited event, you can't add Rat Colonies from your personal collection.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $30.63. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.36 and $30.76 across 89 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SPG — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #56 of *Special Guests*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2024 Special Guests release.

Card type: Creature — Rat, color identity black, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #4,441 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mark Zug. Rarix catalogs 838 other cards credited to this artist.