Art by Helge C. Balzer
Karumonix, the Rat King
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Rat
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) Other Rats you control have toxic 1. When Karumonix enters, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of Rat cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
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Most Played With Karumonix, the Rat King (172)
Sol Ring
78% of decks · $1.38
Rat Colony
57% of decks · $5.47
Dark Ritual
57% of decks · $7.19
Rancid Rats
55% of decks · $0.24
Lord Skitter's Butcher
54% of decks · $0.32
Drown in Ichor
54% of decks · $0.79
Tangled Colony
54% of decks · $0.76
Crypt Rats
53% of decks · $0.58
Bontu's Monument
52% of decks · $4.60
Jet Medallion
52% of decks · $14.56
Burglar Rat
50% of decks · $0.31
Arcane Signet
49% of decks · $0.49
Voracious Vermin
48% of decks · $0.32
Whisper of the Dross
46% of decks · $0.30
Persistent Marshstalker
45% of decks · $0.28
Herald's Horn
44% of decks · $5.82
Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
42% of decks · $38.50
Stronghold Rats
41% of decks · $0.59
Gnat Miser
41% of decks · $0.94
Revenge of the Rats
40% of decks · $0.38
Phyresis Outbreak
39% of decks · $12.61
Village Rites
39% of decks · $0.99
Ratcatcher
38% of decks · $11.68
Feed the Swarm
37% of decks · $0.24
Necrogen Communion
35% of decks · $0.34
Phyrexian Arena
35% of decks · $4.26
Cover of Darkness
35% of decks · $21.67
Swarm of Rats
34% of decks · $3.22
Skullclamp
34% of decks · $5.21
Defile
34% of decks · $1.32
Rat King, Verminister
34% of decks · $0.69
Wave of Rats
33% of decks · $3.17
Rat King, Pale Piper
32% of decks · $0.37
Pestilence Rats
31% of decks · $0.32
Crippling Fear
31% of decks · $3.42
Chittering Witch
30% of decks · $0.34
Vanquisher's Banner
30% of decks · $5.55
Glistening Sphere
29% of decks · $13.19
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
29% of decks · $2.47
Grim Affliction
29% of decks · $0.32
Sign in Blood
29% of decks · $2.74
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
29% of decks · $13.18
Go for the Throat
28% of decks · $0.62
Contagion Clasp
28% of decks · $0.36
Patriarch's Bidding
28% of decks · $3.70
Ruin Rat
27% of decks · $0.24
Nezumi Prowler
27% of decks · $0.65
Changeling Outcast
27% of decks · $2.38
Rat Out
26% of decks · $0.39
Kindred Dominance
26% of decks · $4.94
Nezumi Informant
25% of decks · $0.36
Engine Rat
25% of decks · $0.30
Ravenous Rats
25% of decks · $0.61
Vat Emergence
25% of decks · $0.32
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
24% of decks · $3.56
Patchwork Banner
24% of decks · $2.79
Gnawing Vermin
22% of decks · $0.28
Valley Rotcaller
22% of decks · $1.97
Thrumming Stone
22% of decks · $21.81
Demonic Tutor
22% of decks · $69.17
Drainpipe Vermin
22% of decks · $0.39
Deadly Dispute
21% of decks · $0.26
Charcoal Diamond
21% of decks · $0.35
Ayara, First of Locthwain
21% of decks · $8.55
Bad Moon
20% of decks · $4.20
Twisted Sewer-Witch
20% of decks · $0.31
Corrupted Conviction
20% of decks · $0.35
Undercity Dire Rat
19% of decks · $0.15
Relentless Rats
19% of decks · $3.98
Swarmyard Massacre
19% of decks · $4.54
Old Flitterfang
19% of decks · $0.51
Tainted Strike
19% of decks · $3.26
Bloodline Bidding
19% of decks · $2.93
Throat Slitter
19% of decks · $3.80
Swiftfoot Boots
18% of decks
Murder
18% of decks · $0.18
Locust Miser
18% of decks · $3.73
Phyresis
18% of decks · $2.39
Oversold Cemetery
17% of decks · $2.60
Species Specialist
17% of decks · $10.42
Infernal Grasp
17% of decks · $0.33
Grave Pact
17% of decks · $30.52
Night's Whisper
17% of decks · $6.25
Lightning Greaves
16% of decks · $4.00
Haunted One
16% of decks · $5.55
Vampiric Tutor
16% of decks · $54.45
Mind Stone
16% of decks
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
16% of decks · $3.90
Crypt Ghast
15% of decks · $18.07
Tragic Slip
15% of decks · $0.26
Staff of Compleation
15% of decks · $3.97
Black Market
15% of decks · $6.40
Bolas's Citadel
15% of decks · $16.17
Deadly Rollick
15% of decks · $28.68
Contagion Engine
15% of decks · $14.32
Innocuous Rat
15% of decks · $0.22
Read the Bones
14% of decks · $0.29
Coat of Arms
14% of decks · $19.25
Black Market Connections
14% of decks · $10.47
Mukotai Ambusher
14% of decks · $0.19
Diabolic Tutor
14% of decks · $2.21
Withering Torment
14% of decks · $1.58
Heraldic Banner
14% of decks · $0.33
Rotting Rats
13% of decks · $1.59
Nezumi Graverobber
13% of decks
Feed the Infection
13% of decks · $0.25
Refurbished Familiar
12% of decks · $0.32
Door of Destinies
12% of decks · $2.49
Victimize
12% of decks · $1.34
Nezumi Bladeblesser
12% of decks · $0.26
Toxic Deluge
12% of decks · $5.17
Tribute to Horobi
12% of decks
Foul-Tongue Shriek
12% of decks · $0.19
Chronicle of Victory
12% of decks · $21.97
Echoing Return
12% of decks · $0.34
Banner of Kinship
12% of decks · $7.39
Whip of Erebos
12% of decks · $9.52
Plague of Vermin
11% of decks · $20.80
Damnation
11% of decks · $21.01
Icon of Ancestry
11% of decks · $0.36
Unearth
11% of decks · $0.54
Diabolic Intent
11% of decks · $17.18
The Darkness Crystal
10% of decks · $4.03
Daggerfang Duo
10% of decks · $0.15
Skullsnatcher
10% of decks · $1.31
Phyrexian Atlas
10% of decks · $0.23
Reanimate
10% of decks · $10.11
Consuming Corruption
10% of decks · $0.26
Malakir Rebirth
10% of decks
Chittering Rats
10% of decks · $0.29
Thought Vessel
10% of decks
Vampiric Rites
9% of decks · $0.17
Okiba-Gang Shinobi
9% of decks · $1.18
Caress of Phyrexia
9% of decks · $0.28
Gruesome Fate
9% of decks · $1.15
Liliana of the Dark Realms
9% of decks · $9.30
Hero's Downfall
9% of decks · $0.33
Thornplate Intimidator
9% of decks · $0.09
Virulent Wound
9% of decks · $0.24
Raise the Draugr
9% of decks · $0.30
Doom Blade
8% of decks · $0.24
Gravepurge
8% of decks · $0.17
Geth's Summons
8% of decks · $0.38
Fell the Profane
8% of decks
Caged Sun
8% of decks · $3.87
Ashnod's Altar
8% of decks · $16.88
Lab Rats
8% of decks
Lord Skitter's Blessing
7% of decks · $0.36
Eldrazi Monument
7% of decks · $10.65
Thornbite Staff
7% of decks · $21.63
Grafted Exoskeleton
7% of decks
Dictate of Erebos
7% of decks · $17.52
Culling the Weak
7% of decks · $8.04
Commander's Sphere
7% of decks · $0.34
The Soul Stone
7% of decks · $84.20
Pact of the Serpent
7% of decks · $1.05
Wayfarer's Bauble
7% of decks · $5.61
Mutilate
7% of decks · $2.15
Cabal Ritual
6% of decks
Intimidation
6% of decks · $0.90
Phyrexian Reclamation
6% of decks · $2.86
Bubbling Muck
6% of decks · $4.87
Grim Tutor
6% of decks · $23.87
Gathering Stone
6% of decks · $0.47
Fell
6% of decks · $0.36
The Meathook Massacre
6% of decks · $24.67
Offer Immortality
6% of decks · $0.23
Forever Young
6% of decks · $0.14
Sudden Spoiling
6% of decks · $6.86
Return from Extinction
5% of decks · $0.29
Altar's Reap
5% of decks · $0.39
Sword of the Squeak
5% of decks · $1.13
New Cards
Rank Rat
10% of decks · $0.22
Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
2% of decks · $8.93
My Precious
1% of decks
Lich's Relic
1% of decks · $1.20
Hall of Echoes
1% of decks · $2.70
Creatures (50)
Rat Colony
57% of decks · $5.47
Rancid Rats
55% of decks · $0.24
Lord Skitter's Butcher
54% of decks · $0.32
Tangled Colony
54% of decks · $0.76
Crypt Rats
53% of decks · $0.58
Burglar Rat
50% of decks · $0.31
Voracious Vermin
48% of decks · $0.32
Persistent Marshstalker
45% of decks · $0.28
Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
42% of decks · $38.50
Stronghold Rats
41% of decks · $0.59
Gnat Miser
41% of decks · $0.94
Ratcatcher
38% of decks · $11.68
Swarm of Rats
34% of decks · $3.22
Rat King, Verminister
34% of decks · $0.69
Wave of Rats
33% of decks · $3.17
Rat King, Pale Piper
32% of decks · $0.37
Pestilence Rats
31% of decks · $0.32
Chittering Witch
30% of decks · $0.34
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
29% of decks · $13.18
Ruin Rat
27% of decks · $0.24
Nezumi Prowler
27% of decks · $0.65
Changeling Outcast
27% of decks · $2.38
Nezumi Informant
25% of decks · $0.36
Engine Rat
25% of decks · $0.30
Ravenous Rats
25% of decks · $0.61
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
24% of decks · $3.56
Gnawing Vermin
22% of decks · $0.28
Valley Rotcaller
22% of decks · $1.97
Drainpipe Vermin
22% of decks · $0.39
Ayara, First of Locthwain
21% of decks · $8.55
Twisted Sewer-Witch
20% of decks · $0.31
Undercity Dire Rat
19% of decks · $0.15
Relentless Rats
19% of decks · $3.98
Old Flitterfang
19% of decks · $0.51
Throat Slitter
19% of decks · $3.80
Locust Miser
18% of decks · $3.73
Species Specialist
17% of decks · $10.42
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
16% of decks · $3.90
Crypt Ghast
15% of decks · $18.07
Innocuous Rat
15% of decks · $0.22
Mukotai Ambusher
14% of decks · $0.19
Rotting Rats
13% of decks · $1.59
Nezumi Graverobber
13% of decks
Refurbished Familiar
12% of decks · $0.32
Nezumi Bladeblesser
12% of decks · $0.26
Daggerfang Duo
10% of decks · $0.15
Skullsnatcher
10% of decks · $1.31
Chittering Rats
10% of decks · $0.29
Okiba-Gang Shinobi
9% of decks · $1.18
Thornplate Intimidator
9% of decks · $0.09
Instants (30)
Dark Ritual
57% of decks · $7.19
Whisper of the Dross
46% of decks · $0.30
Village Rites
39% of decks · $0.99
Defile
34% of decks · $1.32
Grim Affliction
29% of decks · $0.32
Go for the Throat
28% of decks · $0.62
Rat Out
26% of decks · $0.39
Deadly Dispute
21% of decks · $0.26
Corrupted Conviction
20% of decks · $0.35
Tainted Strike
19% of decks · $3.26
Murder
18% of decks · $0.18
Infernal Grasp
17% of decks · $0.33
Vampiric Tutor
16% of decks · $54.45
Tragic Slip
15% of decks · $0.26
Deadly Rollick
15% of decks · $28.68
Withering Torment
14% of decks · $1.58
Foul-Tongue Shriek
12% of decks · $0.19
Consuming Corruption
10% of decks · $0.26
Malakir Rebirth
10% of decks
Hero's Downfall
9% of decks · $0.33
Virulent Wound
9% of decks · $0.24
Raise the Draugr
9% of decks · $0.30
Doom Blade
8% of decks · $0.24
Gravepurge
8% of decks · $0.17
Fell the Profane
8% of decks
Culling the Weak
7% of decks · $8.04
Cabal Ritual
6% of decks
Offer Immortality
6% of decks · $0.23
Sudden Spoiling
6% of decks · $6.86
Altar's Reap
5% of decks · $0.39
Sorceries (35)
Drown in Ichor
54% of decks · $0.79
Revenge of the Rats
40% of decks · $0.38
Phyresis Outbreak
39% of decks · $12.61
Feed the Swarm
37% of decks · $0.24
Crippling Fear
31% of decks · $3.42
Sign in Blood
29% of decks · $2.74
Patriarch's Bidding
28% of decks · $3.70
Kindred Dominance
26% of decks · $4.94
Vat Emergence
25% of decks · $0.32
Demonic Tutor
22% of decks · $69.17
Swarmyard Massacre
19% of decks · $4.54
Bloodline Bidding
19% of decks · $2.93
Night's Whisper
17% of decks · $6.25
Read the Bones
14% of decks · $0.29
Diabolic Tutor
14% of decks · $2.21
Feed the Infection
13% of decks · $0.25
Victimize
12% of decks · $1.34
Toxic Deluge
12% of decks · $5.17
Echoing Return
12% of decks · $0.34
Plague of Vermin
11% of decks · $20.80
Damnation
11% of decks · $21.01
Unearth
11% of decks · $0.54
Diabolic Intent
11% of decks · $17.18
Reanimate
10% of decks · $10.11
Caress of Phyrexia
9% of decks · $0.28
Gruesome Fate
9% of decks · $1.15
Geth's Summons
8% of decks · $0.38
Lab Rats
8% of decks
Pact of the Serpent
7% of decks · $1.05
Mutilate
7% of decks · $2.15
Bubbling Muck
6% of decks · $4.87
Grim Tutor
6% of decks · $23.87
Fell
6% of decks · $0.36
Forever Young
6% of decks · $0.14
Return from Extinction
5% of decks · $0.29
Utility Artifacts (25)
Bontu's Monument
52% of decks · $4.60
Jet Medallion
52% of decks · $14.56
Herald's Horn
44% of decks · $5.82
Skullclamp
34% of decks · $5.21
Vanquisher's Banner
30% of decks · $5.55
Contagion Clasp
28% of decks · $0.36
Thrumming Stone
22% of decks · $21.81
Swiftfoot Boots
18% of decks
Lightning Greaves
16% of decks · $4.00
Bolas's Citadel
15% of decks · $16.17
Contagion Engine
15% of decks · $14.32
Coat of Arms
14% of decks · $19.25
Door of Destinies
12% of decks · $2.49
Chronicle of Victory
12% of decks · $21.97
Banner of Kinship
12% of decks · $7.39
Whip of Erebos
12% of decks · $9.52
Icon of Ancestry
11% of decks · $0.36
The Darkness Crystal
10% of decks · $4.03
Ashnod's Altar
8% of decks · $16.88
Eldrazi Monument
7% of decks · $10.65
Thornbite Staff
7% of decks · $21.63
Grafted Exoskeleton
7% of decks
Wayfarer's Bauble
7% of decks · $5.61
Gathering Stone
6% of decks · $0.47
Sword of the Squeak
5% of decks · $1.13
Mana Artifacts (13)
Sol Ring
78% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
49% of decks · $0.49
Glistening Sphere
29% of decks · $13.19
Patchwork Banner
24% of decks · $2.79
Charcoal Diamond
21% of decks · $0.35
Mind Stone
16% of decks
Staff of Compleation
15% of decks · $3.97
Heraldic Banner
14% of decks · $0.33
Phyrexian Atlas
10% of decks · $0.23
Thought Vessel
10% of decks
Caged Sun
8% of decks · $3.87
Commander's Sphere
7% of decks · $0.34
The Soul Stone
7% of decks · $84.20
Enchantments (17)
Necrogen Communion
35% of decks · $0.34
Phyrexian Arena
35% of decks · $4.26
Cover of Darkness
35% of decks · $21.67
Bad Moon
20% of decks · $4.20
Phyresis
18% of decks · $2.39
Oversold Cemetery
17% of decks · $2.60
Grave Pact
17% of decks · $30.52
Haunted One
16% of decks · $5.55
Black Market
15% of decks · $6.40
Black Market Connections
14% of decks · $10.47
Tribute to Horobi
12% of decks
Vampiric Rites
9% of decks · $0.17
Lord Skitter's Blessing
7% of decks · $0.36
Dictate of Erebos
7% of decks · $17.52
Intimidation
6% of decks · $0.90
Phyrexian Reclamation
6% of decks · $2.86
The Meathook Massacre
6% of decks · $24.67
Planeswalkers (2)
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
29% of decks · $2.47
Liliana of the Dark Realms
9% of decks · $9.30
Utility Lands (23)
Swarmyard
55% of decks
Karn's Bastion
43% of decks
Bojuka Bog
41% of decks
Cabal Coffers
40% of decks
Rogue's Passage
36% of decks
Mudflat Village
34% of decks
Witch's Cottage
26% of decks
Cabal Stronghold
24% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23% of decks
Mortuary Mire
22% of decks
Reliquary Tower
21% of decks
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
19% of decks
Three Tree City
19% of decks
Phyrexian Tower
15% of decks
Access Tunnel
14% of decks
Castle Locthwain
11% of decks
Crypt of Agadeem
11% of decks
War Room
9% of decks
Barren Moor
8% of decks
Secret Tunnel
8% of decks
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
8% of decks
Temple of the False God
7% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
7% of decks
Lands (10)
Swamp
98% of decks
Path of Ancestry
31% of decks
Myriad Landscape
17% of decks
Cavern of Souls
14% of decks
Big Apple, 3 a.m.
12% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
10% of decks
Command Tower
10% of decks
Fell the Profane
8% of decks
Evolving Wilds
6% of decks
Escape Tunnel
5% of decks
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