First printed in Wilds of Eldraine (2023)
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."
: Target attacking Rat you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Among the rats, he found the acceptance the human world never gave him.
2/3
- Illustrated by
- Matt Stewart
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH
Ruling (1)
- If Totentanz, Swarm Piper dies at the same time as one or more other nontoken creatures you control, Totentanz's ability triggers for each of them.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Premier Draft | 57.7% | +2.5 | +1.4 | 30693 |
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Sealed | 59.1% | +2.6 | +4.1 | 1632 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
130 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Totentanz, Swarm Piper + Viscera Seer
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Goblin Bombardment + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Totentanz, Swarm Piper
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Phyrexian Altar + Reassembling Skeleton + Totentanz, Swarm Piper
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Carrion Feeder + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Totentanz, Swarm Piper
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Totentanz, Swarm Piper + Woe Strider
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Cult Conscript + Pitiless Plunderer + Totentanz, Swarm Piper + Viscera Seer
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Totentanz, Swarm Piper + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Zulaport Cutthroat (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Cult Conscript + Goblin Bombardment + Pitiless Plunderer + Totentanz, Swarm Piper
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Bloodsoaked Champion + Pitiless Plunderer + Totentanz, Swarm Piper + Viscera Seer
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Totentanz, Swarm Piper