Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock Bard · 
Totentanz, Swarm Piper is part of 130 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Pitiless Plunderer and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician.
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
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.
- Mana value
- 3
- Power/Toughness
- 2/3
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Totentanz, Swarm Piper in its 100 most popular combos.
Roles in combos
Totentanz, Swarm Piper can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.
What Totentanz, Swarm Piper provides to the combos it is part of.
- Permanent with "Whenever a nontoken creature dies, create a token"
Combos with Totentanz, Swarm Piper
130 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Viscera Seer
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Reassembling Skeleton
Pitiless Plunderer
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite scry 1
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Goblin Bombardment
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Reassembling Skeleton
Pitiless Plunderer
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite damage
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Phyrexian Altar
Reassembling Skeleton
Results in combo:
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Reassembling Skeleton
Carrion Feeder
Pitiless Plunderer
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Woe Strider
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Reassembling Skeleton
Pitiless Plunderer
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite scry 1
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Viscera Seer
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Cult Conscript
Pitiless Plunderer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite scry 1
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Viscera Seer
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Bloodsoaked Champion
Pitiless Plunderer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite scry 1
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Goblin Bombardment
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Cult Conscript
Pitiless Plunderer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite damage
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Nim Deathmantle
Ashnod's Altar
Results in combo:
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Zulaport Cutthroat
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
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
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Goblin Bombardment
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Bloodsoaked Champion
Pitiless Plunderer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite damage
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Nether Traitor
Phyrexian Altar
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Blood Artist
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
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
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Phyrexian Altar
Cult Conscript
Results in combo:
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Reassembling Skeleton
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Pitiless Plunderer
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Carrion Feeder
Cult Conscript
Pitiless Plunderer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Bloodsoaked Champion
Carrion Feeder
Pitiless Plunderer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Umbral Collar Zealot
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Reassembling Skeleton
Pitiless Plunderer
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite surveil
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Phyrexian Altar
Bloodsoaked Champion
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, R
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Bastion of Remembrance
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
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
