The Great Creature Type Challenge, Day 200 - Rat

[void_nothing]

Type of the Day: Rat

Over 280 creature types exist in Magic. Some of them have been more prominent than others. All of them deserve some time in the sun. That's where this daily contest thread comes in. The rules are detailed below:

To Enter:

• Note the type for the day, which will be the creature type directly after the previous day's in alphabetical order.
• Design a creature (or tribal) card that has the day's specified creature type. This is the only restriction - as long as you have the right typeline, you can design any card you want. You can include any other types you like, as long as you have the specified one for the day.
• Vote for two of the other entrants from the previous day. (In the event that there are two or fewer entries that you are allowed to vote for, you may vote for only one.)

Scoring:

A running score tally will be kept for all players' totals throughout the length of this contest. In addition, an honor roll of the winners of each day (the champions of that day's creature type) will also be maintained in spoilered form in each day's thread. Once all the creature types have been cycled through, and voting for the final alphabetical type (presently Zubera) is done, there will be a highly prestigious overall winner as well!

Other Rules:

Just like any other daily contests, anyone is free to enter as many or as few days as they like and begin entering at any time.

The list of creature types that will be used in this contest is the Comprehensive Rules list, which includes "canon" creature types, those which are only used on tokens at this time, ones only used in Universes Beyond or D&D crossover products, and ones only used in Unfinity, the most recent acorn set. If new types are added to the Comprehensive Rules list during the run of this contest, they will be included in a thread if and only if they are alphabetically later than the current day's type.

The penalty for entering without exactly two votes for the previous day's cards will be 7 days probation, during which there will be no restrictions on continuing to enter the contest or score points. However, if a player fails to vote properly again during probation, their card will not be eligible for voting the next day.

Threads will be archived by letter: Once the first day with a type starting with B is posted, for example, all threads for types starting with A will be sent to the Contest Archives.

Scores:

ApocalypseChive 508 (+2)
Ink-Treader 503 (+3)
Subject16 451 (+0)
void_nothing 445 (+1)
netn10 345 (+3)
lookingupanddown 310 (+0)
Henlock 296
slimytrout 203
Komandon 90 (+3)
Sporegorger_Dragon 63 (+1)
JovialJovian 56
OneAndOnly 41
Caspernicus 30
CunningGabe 30 (+0)
kwanyeegor-ii 27
Facsimus 20
MonoRedMage 20
KB52665 15 (+3)
Wren 8
Crabby 7
AnotherAlias 5
wizyard 4
Peazful 3
Feyd_Ruin 2

Past Champions

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Advisor: slimytrout, Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive, Henlock
Aetherborn: Ink-Treader
Alien: Ink-Treader
Ally: slimytrout
Angel: Ink-Treader
Antelope: ApocalypseChive, Henlock, Subject16
Ape: slimytrout, Subject16, netn10
Archer: Ink-Treader, Henlock, ApocalypseChive, netn10
Archon: slimytrout
Army: OneAndOnly
Artificer: slimytrout, Subject16
Assassin: Henlock, Subject16
Assembly-Worker: slimytrout
Astartes: ApocalypseChive
Atog: void_nothing
Aurochs: netn10, void_nothing, Ink-Treader
Avatar: Subject16
Azra: MonoRedMage
Badger: Subject16, OneAndOnly
Balloon: Subject16
Barbarian: Henlock
Bard: Ink-Treader
Basilisk: netn10, OneAndOnly
Bat: ApocalypseChive, Subject16
Bear: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive
Beast: slimytrout, Subject16
Beeble: Subject16
Beholder: void_nothing
Berserker: ApocalypseChive
Bird: kwanyeegor-ii
Blinkmoth: Subject16
Boar: void_nothing
Bringer: slimytrout
Brushwagg: JovialJovian
Camarid: JovialJovian
Camel: slimytrout, void_nothing
Caribou: Ink-Treader
Carrier: ApocalypseChive
Cat: Henlock
Centaur: void_nothing
Cephalid: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader, Subject16, Henlock
Child: Subject16
Chimera: Ink-Treader
Citizen: Ink-Treader
Cleric: JovialJovian
Clown: Subject16
Cockatrice: JovialJovian
Construct: Ink-Treader, Henlock
Coward: Henlock
Crab: ApocalypseChive, lookingupanddown
Crocodile: Ink-Treader
C'tan: void_nothing
Custodes: slimytrout, Henlock, netn10
Cyclops: slimytrout
Dauthi: Subject16
Demigod: ApocalypseChive
Demon: slimytrout
Deserter: ApocalypseChive
Devil: lookingupanddown
Dinosaur: void_nothing
Djinn: lookingupanddown
Dog: Subject16, lookingupanddown
Dragon: Ink-Treader
Drake: slimytrout
Dreadnought: void_nothing, Ink-Treader
Drone: Subject16
Druid: void_nothing
Dryad: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing
Dwarf: Subject16, void_nothing
Efreet: Ink-Treader
Egg: slimytrout
Elder: slimytrout
Eldrazi: JovialJovian
Elemental: slimytrout
Elephant: void_nothing
Elf: Ink-Treader
Elk: Henlock
Employee: Subject16
Eye: void_nothing
Faerie: Ink-Treader, void_nothing
Ferret: Ink-Treader, slimytrout
Fish: Ink-Treader
Flagbearer: Subject16
Fox: slimytrout
Fractal: Ink-Treader, Subject16, netn10
Frog: Subject16, Henlock, lookingupanddown
Fungus: Ink-Treader, void_nothing
Gamer: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive
Gargoyle: Subject16, Henlock
Germ: void_nothing
Giant: Subject16, ApocalypseChive, void_nothing
Gith: Henlock
Gnoll: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing
Gnome: Henlock
Goat: Ink-Treader
Goblin: Ink-Treader
God: lookingupanddown
Golem: ApocalypseChive
Gorgon: Henlock
Graveborn: Ink-Treader
Gremlin: Henlock, netn10, void_nothing
Griffin: Subject16
Guest: Subject16, Henlock
Hag: Ink-Treader
Halfling: ApocalypseChive, Henlock
Hamster: Komandon
Harpy: Subject16
Hellion: Komandon, Subject16
Hippo: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive
Hippogriff: ApocalypseChive, lookingupanddown
Homarid: Henlock
Homunculus: ApocalypseChive, Subject16, netn10, lookingupanddown, Ink-Treader
Horror: Subject16
Horse: ApocalypseChive
Human: Subject16
Hydra: ApocalypseChive
Hyena: Subject16
Illusion: Subject16
Imp: Ink-Treader
Incarnation: void_nothing
Inkling: lookingupanddown
Inquisitor: void_nothing, lookingupanddown
Insect: Ink-Treader, Henlock, lookingupanddown
Jackal: ApocalypseChive
Jellyfish: Subject16
Juggernaut: Facsimus
Kavu: Henlock, void_nothing
Kirin: Henlock
Kithkin: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader, void_nothing
Knight: Ink-Treader
Kobold: Subject16, lookingupanddown
Kor: Ink-Treader
Kraken: void_nothing
Lamia: netn10
Lammasu: Ink-Treader, lookingupanddown
Leech: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing
Leviathan: Henlock
Lhurgoyf: Caspernicus
Licid: Henlock
Lizard: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader
Manticore: Ink-Treader, netn10, Komandon
Masticore: void_nothing
Mercenary: Ink-Treader, Caspernicus
Merfolk: Ink-Treader, void_nothing, netn10
Metathran: void_nothing
Minion: Ink-Treader, Caspernicus
Minotaur: ApocalypseChive
Mite: lookingupanddown
Mole: void_nothing, Henlock, JovialJovian
Monger: Ink-Treader, lookingupanddown
Mongoose: Ink-Treader
Monk: netn10
Monkey: wizyard
Moonfolk: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive
Mouse: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing, netn10
Mutant: lookingupanddown
Myr: ApocalypseChive
Mystic: ApocalypseChive
Naga: Ink-Treader
Nautilus: Ink-Treader
Necron: ApocalypseChive, lookingupanddown
Nephilim: Ink-Treader
Nightmare: void_nothing, Subject16
Nightstalker: Subject16
Ninja: Ink-Treader, Subject16, Sporegorger_Dragon
Noble: lookingupanddown
Noggle: ApocalypseChive
Nomad: Subject16, Sporegorger_Dragon
Nymph: Subject16
Octopus: Ink-Treader
Ogre: Subject16
Ooze: ApocalypseChive
Orb: Ink-Treader, netn10
Orc: Subject16
Orgg: Komandon
Otter: Sporegorger_Dragon
Ouphe: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing
Ox: Ink-Treader
Oyster: Subject16
Pangolin: Subject16, Sporegorger_Dragon
Peasant: Subject16
Pegasus: Subject16
Pentavite: Subject16
Performer: CunningGabe
Pest: Ink-Treader, Subject16, netn10
Phelddagrif: void_nothing, netn10
Phoenix: ApocalypseChive
Phyrexian: Ink-Treader
Pilot: CunningGabe
Pincher: Ink-Treader
Pirate: Sporegorger_Dragon
Plant: CunningGabe
Praetor: void_nothing
Primarch: Ink-Treader, Subject16
Prism: ApocalypseChive
Processor: ApocalypseChive, KB52665
Rabbit: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader, Komandon
Raccoon: Ink-Treader, netn10, Komandon, KB52665

Note of the Day:

netn10 is on probation for entering without voting (5 days left). During that time, they can still enter and their entries can still score points.

Yesterday's Submissions:

(Yesterday's Type: Ranger)

Raccoon votes: Ink-Treader, Komandon

Sureshot Ranger 1GW
Creature - Human Ranger (U)
When Sureshot Ranger enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.
T: Sureshot Ranger deals damage equal to its power to target creature blocking a token you control.
2/1

Votes: void_nothing, KB52665

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I had way too much fun making the following card!

The Green Ranger GG
Legendary Creature - Human Ranger (Rare)
Mighty Morphing 2GG (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 3. You may transform it for its Mighty Morphing cost)
Hexproof
3: Turn The Green Ranger face-down.
2/2
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Dragonzord
(G) Legendary Artifact - Vehicle (Rare)
Flying, vigilance
Dragonzord Missiles - T: Dragonzord deals 3 damage to target creature with flying.
Combine - 6, Exile Mastodon, Triceratops and Saber-Toothed Tiger you control: Put a card named Dragon Megazord from outside the game onto the battlefield.
Crew - 4 or an untapped creature you control with Mighty Morphing
6/6

Votes: Ink-Treader, Komandon

Ranger Rick
{G}{W}
Legendary Creature - Raccoon Ranger (R)
Vigilance
Other creatures and lands you control have ward {2}.
{G}{W}, T, Exert Ranger Rick: Target creature or land you control gains indestructible until end of turn.
2/3

I wish I though of this last round.

Vote: netn10, Komandon

Teethbarer Reefguard 2UG
Creature - Merfolk Ranger (U)
When Teethbarer Reefguard enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 blue Fish creature token.
U, T: Until end of turn, attacking Fish you control can't be blocked unless all of them are blocked.
G, T: Each Fish you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature that was dealt damage this turn.
1/3

Votes: netn10 , ApocalypseChive

Woodland Guardian 3G
Creature - Bear Ranger (Rare)
Forests you control have hexproof.
1G, T: Counter a spell or ability that deals noncombat damage.
"What? You think Smokey works alone. He has an army that spans the multiverse. Do you realize just how many forests exist?
3/3

Votes: Sporegorger_Dragon, KB52665

Border Mapper 2W
Creature - Cat Ranger
At the beginning of your end step, if a player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. If a Plains was put onto the battlefield this way, untap Border Mapper.
Marking out the territories between kingdoms is much easier where the terrain is even, clear, bright, and not covered in lava.
2/2

Votes - netn10, KB52665

Votes: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader

Rangers of the Black Gate 3GW
Creature - Human Ranger (R)
Vigilance, protection from black
Rangers of the Black Gate has double strike and deathtouch as long as the Ring has tempted you this turn.
Armies attack you each combat if able.
4/3

[ApocalypseChive]

Ranger votes: Sporegorger_Dragon, lookingupanddown

Geartail, Okiba Drifter WUB
Legendary Creature - Rat Ninja Pilot (R)
Protection from unmodified creatures
Whenever a creature you controls attacks and isn't blocked, you may return that creature to its owner's hand and put a Vehicle card from your hand onto the battlefield. If the returned creature's power is greater than or equal to the Vehicle's crew value, that Vehicle enters the battlefield as a tapped and attacking artifact creature.
3/2

[netn10]

Votes: ApocalypseChive, Sporegorger_Dragon

Nezumi Mind-Disperser BB
Artifact Creature - Rat Ninja (Rare)
Ninjutsu - Pay 5 life
Menace
Whenever Nezumi Mind-Disperser deals combat damage to a player, exile target creature or enchantment that player controls. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that permanent and exile them.
2/2

[Subject16]

void_nothing, Ink-Treader

Plaguemarrow Nezumi 1BB
Enchantment Creature — Rat Shaman (R)
Rats you control have Ward—Pay X life, where X is the number of Rats you control.
At the beginning of each player's end step, if that player lost life this turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token.
Even the brightest of cities has its dark alleys.
3/2

[Sporegorger_Dragon]

Votes: ApocalypseChive, lookingupanddown

Rakdos Circus Rats
2{B}{R}
Creature - Rat (U)
Menace
Whenever another creature you control dies, if it was black, each player loses 2 life, and if it was red, Rakdos Circus Rats deals 2 damage to any target. This ability triggers only once per turn.
3/3
Juri trained them to emulate the most popular acts, even the "murder an audience member" parts.

[Ink-Treader]

Vote: lookingupanddown, void_nothing

Undercity Colony 1BG
Creature - Rat (U)
Whenever a land card is put into your graveyard from anywhere during your turn, you may return it to your hand. This ability only triggers once each turn.
XBG, Exile a creature card from your graveyard with mana value X: Put X +1/+1 counters on Undercity Colony.
Forgotten infrastructure makes up their habitat, and forgotten citizens make up their diet.
2/2

[lookingupanddown]

Votes: Ink-Treader, void_nothing

Fate Gnawers 2BB
Enchantment Creature - Rat Incarnation
Menace
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they sacrifice an enchantment they control. If they control no enchantments, that player discards a card and loses 2 life.
The Fates must keep constant watch over their looms, for the ambition and desire of mortals can manifest as verminous chittering.
3/2

[Komandon]

Votes: Netn10 , Sporegorger_Dragon

Vindictive Laboratory Subject 1B{u}
Creature - Rat Mutant
Protection from Wizards and Scientists.
Whenever a Wizard or Scientist dies its control loses 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on Vindictive Laboratory Subject.
Vindictive Laboratory Subject attacks exile a Wizard or Scientist is a graveyard with a vengeance counter. Vindictive Laboratory Subject has all the activated abilities of exiled creatures with vengeance counters.
1/1

[void_nothing]

Votes: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader

Lord Skitter Arisen 4BB
Legendary Creature - Rat Demon (M)
Menace
At the beginning of your end step, pay up to 6 life. Create that many 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This creature can't block."
Whenever Lord Skitter Arisen deals combat damage to a player, you may tap any number of untapped Rats you control. That player discards a card and you draw a card for each Rat you tapped this way.
6/6