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Ratadrabik of Urborg
Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard · {2}{W}{B} · Black/White commander
Vigilance, ward {2}
Other Zombies you control have vigilance.
Whenever another legendary creature you control dies, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's not legendary and it's a 2/2 black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
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What Ratadrabik of Urborg actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · deathWhenever another legendary creature you control dies, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's not legendary and it's a 2/2 black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
- Static ability · keyword_grantOther Zombies you control have vigilance.
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
- Keyword · wardward
What a Ratadrabik of Urborg deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 12× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 4× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Ratadrabik of Urborg
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Bojuka Bog0 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Temple of Silence0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Lotus Field0 mana
- Mortuary Mire0 mana
- Orzhov Basilica0 mana
- Riveteers Overlook0 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Carrion Feeder1 mana
- Gravecrawler1 mana
- Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
- Champion of the Perished1 mana
- Cryptbreaker1 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Death Baron // Death Baron0 mana
- Noxious Ghoul // Noxious Ghoul0 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
- Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- Phyrexian Tower0 mana
- High Market0 mana
- Lazotep Quarry0 mana
- Susur Secundi, Void Altar0 mana
- Scavenger's Talent1 mana
- Hostile Hostel // Creeping Inn0 mana
- Miren, the Moaning Well0 mana
- Fain, the Broker3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
- Do or Die2 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Pest Control2 mana
- Force of Despair3 mana
- Split Up3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Insatiable Avarice1 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana