Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Whenever Totentanz or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."
1: Target attacking Rat you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Combos with Totentanz, Swarm Piper
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Phyrexian Altar Bloodsoaked Champion Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Zulaport Cutthroat Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Near-infinite lifeloss
- Phyrexian Altar Reassembling Skeleton Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Nim Deathmantle Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Beifong's Bounty Hunters Viscera Seer Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite landfall triggers
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite scry 1
- Phyrexian Altar Cult Conscript Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Oathsworn Vampire Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Nether Traitor Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2023-09-01
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
As a commander
Decks built with Totentanz, Swarm Piper in the command zone.
Published decks
Decklists players have published with Totentanz, Swarm Piper in the command zone, newest first. A deck that has been played carries the win rate it earned in real tracked games.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Totentanz, Swarm Piper, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wick, the Whorled Mind | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Grixis 1 deck
Totentanz, Swarm Piper price history
The Wilds of Eldraine #216 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.30 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.29 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.30 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.31 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.30 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.30 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.30 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.30 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.29 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.29 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.29 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.29 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.29 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.29 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.29 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.29 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.30 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.28 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.28 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.28 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.28 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.28 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.28 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Totentanz, Swarm Piper
1 printing, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.
- Normal
- $0.30
- Foil
- $0.30
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Totentanz, Swarm Piper. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
