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Marrow-Gnawer

Card Name

Marrow-Gnawer

Mana Cost

3

Type

Legendary Creature – Rat Rogue

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

All Rats have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.), Sacrifice a Rat: Create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens, where X is the number of Rats you control.

Flavor Text

Marrow-Gnawer united three nezumi gangs when he slew their leaders in a single night. Now they call him their first lord.

Legal Formats

Commander, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Banned Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(12/1/2004)
Marrow-Gnawer's ability counts the number of Rats on the battlefield when it resolves, so you don't count the sacrificed Rat.