Art by Matt Stewart

Totentanz, Swarm Piper

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock Bard

Whenever Totentanz or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block." {1}{B}: Target attacking Rat you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.

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Average Card Type Breakdown

Creature

33%

Instant

Sorcery

Artifact

Enchantment

Land

35%

Average Mana Curve

19%

31%

22%

16%

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Most Played With Totentanz, Swarm Piper (160)

Sol Ring

74% of decks · $1.38

Arcane Signet

71% of decks · $0.49

Pack Rat

63% of decks · $3.15

Village Rites

62% of decks · $0.99

Marrow-Gnawer

61% of decks · $31.51

Redcap Gutter-Dweller

56% of decks · $0.21

Skullclamp

54% of decks · $5.21

Chittering Witch

54% of decks · $0.34

Ogre Chitterlord

53% of decks · $0.35

Mirkwood Bats

53% of decks · $1.92

Shared Animosity

50% of decks · $5.75

Deadly Dispute

48% of decks · $0.26

Rakdos Signet

48% of decks · $0.34

Harried Spearguard

47% of decks · $0.19

Terminate

46% of decks · $0.34

Corrupted Conviction

45% of decks · $0.35

Ayara, First of Locthwain

45% of decks · $8.55

Raid Bombardment

44% of decks · $0.32

Mad Ratter

44% of decks · $0.23

Goblin Bombardment

44% of decks · $4.59

Ratcatcher Trainee

43% of decks

Rat King, Pale Piper

42% of decks · $0.37

Zulaport Cutthroat

42% of decks · $1.34

Blasphemous Act

42% of decks · $0.88

Feed the Swarm

42% of decks · $0.24

Revenge of the Rats

41% of decks · $0.38

Victimize

41% of decks · $1.34

Vampiric Rites

40% of decks · $0.17

Garna, Bloodfist of Keld

40% of decks · $0.16

Typhoid Rats

40% of decks · $0.22

Blood Artist

39% of decks · $3.84

Rat Colony

38% of decks · $5.47

Wave of Rats

37% of decks · $3.17

Bedevil

36% of decks · $0.29

Lich-Knights' Conquest

36% of decks · $1.07

Burglar Rat

35% of decks · $0.31

Rat King, Verminister

34% of decks · $0.69

Ashnod's Altar

34% of decks · $16.88

Talisman of Indulgence

33% of decks · $0.51

Chaos Warp

33% of decks

Crypt Rats

32% of decks · $0.58

Bastion of Remembrance

32% of decks · $0.30

Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

30% of decks · $38.50

Mahadi, Emporium Master

30% of decks · $1.34

Bontu's Monument

29% of decks · $4.60

Valley Rotcaller

28% of decks · $1.97

Pitiless Plunderer

27% of decks · $4.99

Old Flitterfang

27% of decks · $0.51

Viscera Seer

26% of decks · $0.49

Abrade

25% of decks · $0.32

Oversold Cemetery

25% of decks · $2.60

Dark Ritual

25% of decks · $7.19

Lord Skitter's Blessing

24% of decks · $0.36

Gruesome Fate

23% of decks · $1.15

Mayhem Devil

22% of decks · $0.33

Back for Seconds

22% of decks · $0.22

Patchwork Banner

22% of decks · $2.79

Foul-Tongue Shriek

21% of decks · $0.19

Grave Pact

21% of decks · $30.52

Nadier's Nightblade

21% of decks · $0.26

Species Specialist

21% of decks · $10.42

Rancid Rats

20% of decks · $0.24

Herald's Horn

19% of decks · $5.82

Plague of Vermin

19% of decks · $20.80

Commander's Sphere

18% of decks · $0.34

Plumb the Forbidden

18% of decks · $0.42

Rakdos Charm

18% of decks · $0.39

Morbid Opportunist

18% of decks · $0.36

Tragic Slip

18% of decks · $0.26

Mind Stone

18% of decks

Reassembling Skeleton

18% of decks · $0.33

Blightbelly Rat

18% of decks · $0.26

Phyrexian Arena

17% of decks · $4.26

Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni

17% of decks · $13.18

Not Dead After All

17% of decks · $1.62

Undercity Dire Rat

16% of decks · $0.15

Innocuous Rat

16% of decks · $0.22

Vandalblast

16% of decks · $1.70

Vanquisher's Banner

15% of decks · $5.55

Syr Konrad, the Grim

15% of decks · $1.78

Warehouse Tabby

15% of decks · $0.32

Phyrexian Altar

15% of decks · $54.36

Jet Medallion

15% of decks · $14.56

Fellwar Stone

15% of decks

Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion

14% of decks · $3.56

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

14% of decks · $4.12

Hellhole Rats

14% of decks · $0.37

Withering Torment

14% of decks · $1.58

Gnat Miser

14% of decks · $0.94

Drivnod, Carnage Dominus

14% of decks · $6.41

Crippling Fear

13% of decks · $3.42

Kindred Dominance

13% of decks · $4.94

Nezumi Informant

13% of decks · $0.36

Black Market

13% of decks · $6.40

Faithless Looting

13% of decks · $0.39

Stronghold Rats

12% of decks · $0.59

Eaten Alive

12% of decks · $0.28

Ravenous Rats

12% of decks · $0.61

12% of decks · $2.74

Heraldic Banner

12% of decks · $0.33

Wayfarer's Bauble

12% of decks · $5.61

Tribute to Horobi

12% of decks

Gnawing Vermin

11% of decks · $0.28

Unearth

11% of decks · $0.54

Warhost's Frenzy

11% of decks · $0.18

Demonic Tutor

11% of decks · $69.17

Nezumi Linkbreaker

11% of decks · $0.18

The Meathook Massacre

11% of decks · $24.67

Diabolic Intent

10% of decks · $17.18

Anger

10% of decks · $0.54

Murder

10% of decks · $0.18

Patriarch's Bidding

10% of decks · $3.70

Engine Rat

10% of decks · $0.30

Banner of Kinship

10% of decks · $7.39

Witch's Mark

10% of decks · $0.32

Swiftfoot Boots

10% of decks

Rabid Attack

10% of decks · $0.21

Night's Whisper

9% of decks · $6.25

Bloodline Bidding

9% of decks · $2.93

Blasphemous Edict

9% of decks · $4.13

Charcoal Diamond

9% of decks · $0.35

Witch's Cauldron

9% of decks · $0.20

Vat of Rebirth

9% of decks · $0.31

Read the Bones

9% of decks · $0.29

Thrill of Possibility

9% of decks · $0.29

Phyrexian Reclamation

9% of decks · $2.86

Go for the Throat

8% of decks · $0.62

Rowan's Grim Search

8% of decks · $0.27

Infernal Grasp

8% of decks · $0.33

Altar's Reap

8% of decks · $0.39

Reanimate

8% of decks · $10.11

Dread Return

8% of decks · $0.60

Dictate of Erebos

8% of decks · $17.52

Toxic Deluge

7% of decks · $5.17

Lightning Greaves

7% of decks · $4.00

Whip of Erebos

7% of decks · $9.52

Deadly Rollick

7% of decks · $28.68

Fire Diamond

7% of decks · $0.39

Black Market Connections

7% of decks · $10.47

Bolas's Citadel

7% of decks · $16.17

Diabolic Tutor

7% of decks · $2.21

Nasty End

7% of decks · $0.22

Door of Destinies

7% of decks · $2.49

Coat of Arms

7% of decks · $19.25

Vampiric Tutor

7% of decks · $54.45

Thrumming Stone

6% of decks · $21.81

Echoing Assault

6% of decks · $0.34

Body Count

6% of decks · $3.47

Fell the Profane

6% of decks

Deflecting Swat

6% of decks · $72.64

Chain Reaction

6% of decks · $0.30

Untimely Malfunction

6% of decks · $9.10

Thought Vessel

6% of decks

Rising of the Day

6% of decks · $0.49

Agent of the Iron Throne

6% of decks · $0.47

Chronicle of Victory

6% of decks · $21.97

Malakir Rebirth

6% of decks

Lab Rats

6% of decks

Dreadbore

5% of decks · $0.94

Brazen Cannonade

5% of decks · $2.89

New Cards

Rank Rat

6% of decks · $0.22

Ajani's Anguish

4% of decks · $1.00

Turbulent Crater

3% of decks · $2.61

The Sackville-Bagginses

1% of decks · $1.51

Mabel, Bitter Recluse

1% of decks · $0.20

Creatures (50)

Pack Rat

63% of decks · $3.15

Marrow-Gnawer

61% of decks · $31.51

Redcap Gutter-Dweller

56% of decks · $0.21

Chittering Witch

54% of decks · $0.34

Ogre Chitterlord

53% of decks · $0.35

Mirkwood Bats

53% of decks · $1.92

Harried Spearguard

47% of decks · $0.19

Ayara, First of Locthwain

45% of decks · $8.55

Mad Ratter

44% of decks · $0.23

Ratcatcher Trainee

43% of decks

Rat King, Pale Piper

42% of decks · $0.37

Zulaport Cutthroat

42% of decks · $1.34

Garna, Bloodfist of Keld

40% of decks · $0.16

Typhoid Rats

40% of decks · $0.22

Blood Artist

39% of decks · $3.84

Rat Colony

38% of decks · $5.47

Wave of Rats

37% of decks · $3.17

Burglar Rat

35% of decks · $0.31

Rat King, Verminister

34% of decks · $0.69

Crypt Rats

32% of decks · $0.58

Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

30% of decks · $38.50

Mahadi, Emporium Master

30% of decks · $1.34

Valley Rotcaller

28% of decks · $1.97

Pitiless Plunderer

27% of decks · $4.99

Old Flitterfang

27% of decks · $0.51

Viscera Seer

26% of decks · $0.49

Mayhem Devil

22% of decks · $0.33

Nadier's Nightblade

21% of decks · $0.26

Species Specialist

21% of decks · $10.42

Rancid Rats

20% of decks · $0.24

Morbid Opportunist

18% of decks · $0.36

Reassembling Skeleton

18% of decks · $0.33

Blightbelly Rat

18% of decks · $0.26

Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni

17% of decks · $13.18

Undercity Dire Rat

16% of decks · $0.15

Innocuous Rat

16% of decks · $0.22

Syr Konrad, the Grim

15% of decks · $1.78

Warehouse Tabby

15% of decks · $0.32

Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion

14% of decks · $3.56

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

14% of decks · $4.12

Hellhole Rats

14% of decks · $0.37

Gnat Miser

14% of decks · $0.94

Drivnod, Carnage Dominus

14% of decks · $6.41

Nezumi Informant

13% of decks · $0.36

Stronghold Rats

12% of decks · $0.59

Ravenous Rats

12% of decks · $0.61

Gnawing Vermin

11% of decks · $0.28

Nezumi Linkbreaker

11% of decks · $0.18

Anger

10% of decks · $0.54

Engine Rat

10% of decks · $0.30

Instants (30)

Village Rites

62% of decks · $0.99

Deadly Dispute

48% of decks · $0.26

Terminate

46% of decks · $0.34

Corrupted Conviction

45% of decks · $0.35

Bedevil

36% of decks · $0.29

Chaos Warp

33% of decks

Abrade

25% of decks · $0.32

Dark Ritual

25% of decks · $7.19

Foul-Tongue Shriek

21% of decks · $0.19

Plumb the Forbidden

18% of decks · $0.42

Rakdos Charm

18% of decks · $0.39

Tragic Slip

18% of decks · $0.26

Not Dead After All

17% of decks · $1.62

Withering Torment

14% of decks · $1.58

Warhost's Frenzy

11% of decks · $0.18

Murder

10% of decks · $0.18

Rabid Attack

10% of decks · $0.21

Thrill of Possibility

9% of decks · $0.29

Go for the Throat

8% of decks · $0.62

Rowan's Grim Search

8% of decks · $0.27

Infernal Grasp

8% of decks · $0.33

Altar's Reap

8% of decks · $0.39

Deadly Rollick

7% of decks · $28.68

Nasty End

7% of decks · $0.22

Vampiric Tutor

7% of decks · $54.45

Body Count

6% of decks · $3.47

Fell the Profane

6% of decks

Deflecting Swat

6% of decks · $72.64

Untimely Malfunction

6% of decks · $9.10

Malakir Rebirth

6% of decks

Sorceries (30)

Blasphemous Act

42% of decks · $0.88

Feed the Swarm

42% of decks · $0.24

Revenge of the Rats

41% of decks · $0.38

Victimize

41% of decks · $1.34

Lich-Knights' Conquest

36% of decks · $1.07

Gruesome Fate

23% of decks · $1.15

Back for Seconds

22% of decks · $0.22

Plague of Vermin

19% of decks · $20.80

Vandalblast

16% of decks · $1.70

Crippling Fear

13% of decks · $3.42

Kindred Dominance

13% of decks · $4.94

Faithless Looting

13% of decks · $0.39

Eaten Alive

12% of decks · $0.28

12% of decks · $2.74

Unearth

11% of decks · $0.54

Demonic Tutor

11% of decks · $69.17

Diabolic Intent

10% of decks · $17.18

Patriarch's Bidding

10% of decks · $3.70

Witch's Mark

10% of decks · $0.32

Night's Whisper

9% of decks · $6.25

Bloodline Bidding

9% of decks · $2.93

Blasphemous Edict

9% of decks · $4.13

Read the Bones

9% of decks · $0.29

Reanimate

8% of decks · $10.11

Dread Return

8% of decks · $0.60

Toxic Deluge

7% of decks · $5.17

Diabolic Tutor

7% of decks · $2.21

Chain Reaction

6% of decks · $0.30

Lab Rats

6% of decks

Dreadbore

5% of decks · $0.94

Utility Artifacts (19)

Skullclamp

54% of decks · $5.21

Ashnod's Altar

34% of decks · $16.88

Bontu's Monument

29% of decks · $4.60

Herald's Horn

19% of decks · $5.82

Vanquisher's Banner

15% of decks · $5.55

Phyrexian Altar

15% of decks · $54.36

Jet Medallion

15% of decks · $14.56

Wayfarer's Bauble

12% of decks · $5.61

Banner of Kinship

10% of decks · $7.39

Swiftfoot Boots

10% of decks

Witch's Cauldron

9% of decks · $0.20

Vat of Rebirth

9% of decks · $0.31

Lightning Greaves

7% of decks · $4.00

Whip of Erebos

7% of decks · $9.52

Bolas's Citadel

7% of decks · $16.17

Door of Destinies

7% of decks · $2.49

Coat of Arms

7% of decks · $19.25

Thrumming Stone

6% of decks · $21.81

Chronicle of Victory

6% of decks · $21.97

Mana Artifacts (12)

Sol Ring

74% of decks · $1.38

Arcane Signet

71% of decks · $0.49

Rakdos Signet

48% of decks · $0.34

Talisman of Indulgence

33% of decks · $0.51

Patchwork Banner

22% of decks · $2.79

Commander's Sphere

18% of decks · $0.34

Mind Stone

18% of decks

Fellwar Stone

15% of decks

Heraldic Banner

12% of decks · $0.33

Charcoal Diamond

9% of decks · $0.35

Fire Diamond

7% of decks · $0.39

Thought Vessel

6% of decks

Enchantments (19)

Shared Animosity

50% of decks · $5.75

Raid Bombardment

44% of decks · $0.32

Goblin Bombardment

44% of decks · $4.59

Vampiric Rites

40% of decks · $0.17

Bastion of Remembrance

32% of decks · $0.30

Oversold Cemetery

25% of decks · $2.60

Lord Skitter's Blessing

24% of decks · $0.36

Grave Pact

21% of decks · $30.52

Phyrexian Arena

17% of decks · $4.26

Black Market

13% of decks · $6.40

Tribute to Horobi

12% of decks

The Meathook Massacre

11% of decks · $24.67

Phyrexian Reclamation

9% of decks · $2.86

Dictate of Erebos

8% of decks · $17.52

Black Market Connections

7% of decks · $10.47

Echoing Assault

6% of decks · $0.34

Rising of the Day

6% of decks · $0.49

Agent of the Iron Throne

6% of decks · $0.47

Brazen Cannonade

5% of decks · $2.89

Utility Lands (17)

Bojuka Bog

41% of decks

Swarmyard

41% of decks

Mudflat Village

33% of decks

Witch's Cottage

21% of decks

Reliquary Tower

17% of decks

Phyrexian Tower

17% of decks

Three Tree City

16% of decks

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

15% of decks

Mortuary Mire

13% of decks

Rogue's Passage

13% of decks

Cabal Coffers

13% of decks

Castle Embereth

12% of decks

Westvale Abbey

8% of decks

Castle Locthwain

8% of decks

High Market

8% of decks

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

6% of decks

Midgar, City of Mako

6% of decks

Lands (39)

Swamp

99% of decks

Mountain

98% of decks

Command Tower

78% of decks

Smoldering Marsh

61% of decks

Dragonskull Summit

55% of decks

Foreboding Ruins

46% of decks

Tainted Peak

40% of decks

Rakdos Carnarium

35% of decks

Temple of Malice

35% of decks

Haunted Ridge

31% of decks

Blood Crypt

30% of decks

Evolving Wilds

30% of decks

Bloodfell Caves

30% of decks

Shadowblood Ridge

29% of decks

Sulfurous Springs

27% of decks

Luxury Suite

25% of decks

Myriad Landscape

20% of decks

Blazemire Verge

20% of decks

Big Apple, 3 a.m.

19% of decks

Exotic Orchard

19% of decks

Bloodstained Mire

17% of decks

Graven Cairns

17% of decks

Canyon Slough

17% of decks

Blightstep Pathway

16% of decks

Terramorphic Expanse

16% of decks

Path of Ancestry

16% of decks

Blackcleave Cliffs

15% of decks

Raucous Theater

13% of decks

Rakdos Guildgate

11% of decks

Geothermal Bog

10% of decks

Jagged Barrens

7% of decks

Badlands

7% of decks

Akoum Refuge

7% of decks

Tramway Station

6% of decks

Dark Fortress

6% of decks

Fell the Profane

6% of decks

Cinder Barrens

6% of decks

Malakir Rebirth

6% of decks

Sulfurous Mire

6% of decks

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