Old Rutstein
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{G}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Peasant
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 4
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow #326 (rare)
- Price
- $0.44 USD
When Old Rutstein enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. If a land card is milled this way, create a Treasure token. If a creature card is milled this way, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. If a noncreature, nonland card is milled this way, create a Blood token.
Old Rutstein has 4 printings, first in Innistrad: Crimson Vow (2021). EDHREC ranks it #5,105 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Mycotyrant decks (3,758 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Old Rutstein most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Mycotyrant: 3,758 decks
- Coram, the Undertaker: 1,887 decks
- Zask, Skittering Swarmlord: 1,824 decks
- Sidisi, Brood Tyrant: 1,394 decks
- Aatchik, Emerald Radian: 1,207 decks
- Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm: 1,159 decks
- Nethroi, Apex of Death: 927 decks
- Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis: 836 decks
Often played with Old Rutstein
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you mill Dryad Arbor, a card that's both a creature and a land, you get both a Treasure token and a 1/1 green Insect token.
- : You can't sacrifice a Blood token to pay multiple costs.
- : Some triggered abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Blood token." These abilities trigger regardless of why you sacrificed that Blood token.
- : If an effect refers to a Blood token, it means any artifact token with the subtype Blood, even if it has gained other subtypes.