All 14 Toy Creatures in Magic Ranked

Last updated on March 3, 2026

Arabella, Abandoned Doll | Illustrated by J.P. Targete

Hello planeswalkers! Welcome to every child’s worst nightmare. You’re sleeping cozily in your bed, and you hear a noise. You slowly peek over your covers and what do you see? Your toys have come to life, and they don’t look friendly. Magic is bringing that nightmare to life with their new toy creature type debuting in the Duskmourn: House of Horror MTG set.

Toys will fit into many artifact builds and can instantly make a difference. Let’s dive into which toys you should know about for Limited play, the ones you should consider for Constructed, and the best and most terrifying toys in all of Magic.

What Are Toy Creatures in MTG

Marvin, Murderous Mimic | Illustration by Mirko Failoni

In Magic, toy creatures are artifact creatures introduced in the Duskmourn: House of Horror set. These toys have been given life by the set’s big bad, Valgavoth. They now just want death and can only be vanquished if they’re completely destroyed. That’s according to the story of course, but in gameplay, they’ll act just like other artifact creatures.

#14. Wretched Doll

Wretched Doll, from Aetherdrift, is just draft chaff. The poor thing doesn't even fit the “power 2 or less matter” theme you see in toys from Duskmourn!

#13. Friendly Teddy

Friendly Teddy may be too friendly of a card to be good. When it dies, each player draws a card. Unless you’re confident you can outpace your opponents or you’re playing a group hug strategy, I’d avoid this card.

#12. Living Phone

Living Phone is a decent way to hopefully grab a great creature quickly in Duskmourn Limited. This 3-mana white creature isn’t much on the battlefield, but it allows you to topdeck a creature with power 2 or less and put it into your hand. In the new set, you can only hope you find a card like Enduring Innocence or Silent Hallcreeper.

#11. Ragged Playmate

Ragged Playmate works similarly for your small creatures as Suspicious Bookcase. The huge value here is in making a small creature unblockable that can scale up quickly. Creatures with aggressive abilities like Slickshot Show-Off or aggressive instants like Uncaged Fury can be great with Ragged Playmate’s activated ability.

#10. Piggy Bank

Piggy Bank is a solid playable in Duskmourn Drafts and has some value in Constructed. The 3 power for a 2-mana creature is always welcome in Limited. This red creature is great for early attacks and later ramp with the Treasure tokens it makes with its death trigger. Not a bad investment for future turns.

#9. Clockwork Percussionist

Clockwork Percussionist is a great aggressive play for Limited formats. You can strike your opponent early, then this monkey toy can become a great chump-blocker with benefits if needed. Letting you play the exiled card until the end of your next turn gives this card great value in Limited.

#8. Patched Plaything

Patched Plaything is about to create a lot of headaches when it’s paired with some graveyard cards. A 4/3 with double strike is so great, but it ETBs with two -1/-1 counters if cast from your hand. Are we thinking the same thing? With cards like Reanimate and Recommission, Patched Plaything may become a solid playable creature in many Magic formats.

#7. Pactdoll Terror

Like Wretched Doll (the only other toy that's not from Duskmourn), Pactdoll Terror is in black, and doesn't fit into the “power 2 or less” theme. But it has become a competitive staple in Pauper Tron decks, thanks to its artifactfall ability to ping foes to death when artifacts enter play.

#6. Attack-in-the-Box

Attack-in-the-Box is a wonderful card for Limited formats. For 3 mana, you get a solid blocker that can turn deadly on any turn. If unabated, the 6 damage this card can do might be a game-winner in Limited matches. This toy greatly benefits from removing all the creatures in its way.

#5. Splitskin Doll

Splitskin Doll should see some playability in Limited formats. This card is a good white card-draw effect, with the benefit of not discarding a card if you control another small creature. The stats and lack of recurring abilities limit its potential, but Splitskin Doll may play well with a card like Niko, Light of Hope.

#4. Marvin, Murderous Mimic

Marvin, Murderous Mimic is a legendary artifact creature made for activated abilities decks. This toy can be quite good in Limited formats, as some activated abilities like Twitching Doll’s can make a difference with limited removal available. I’m not sure if this card makes a dent in any Constructed formats as it’s small and doesn’t add a tremendous amount of value.

#3. Arabella, Abandoned Doll

One of the Boros signposts in Duskmourn Sealed or Draft, Arabella, Abandoned Doll should be a great addition to Boros () aggressive decks, especially in the current Standard rotation. When you attack with your small creatures, this toy siphons life, possibly adding a ton of extra damage for aggressive decks. An Arabella EDH deck might be fantastic with pump spells like Monstrous Rage being cast after attackers are declared and the siphon triggers.

#2. Giggling Skitterspike

I love the Toy Story reference here. Giggling Skitterspike is a better version of Brash Taunter. They’re both indestructible creatures that can deal direct damage to an opponent. Giggling Skitterspike can become massive with monstrosity and deal damage in multiple useful ways. This colorless card has a lot of upside and could fit into many creative builds.

#1. Twitching Doll

Twitching Doll has the potential to be a killer card, though with one major downside. This is a 2-drop mana dork that can become a massive token creator later in the game.

Each time you tap for mana, you build the potential for more token creatures later. The clear and unfortunate downside here is the token-creating activation ability is at sorcery speed. This is quite inconvenient when it meets instant-speed removal spells. I still love the upside, and I’m willing to try to create a ton of tokens.

Best Toy Creature Payoffs

The best thing you can do with these toy creatures is to include them in artifact decks. They’re an artifact creature subtype, so they go well with cards like Sai, Master Thopterist, or Master Transmuter. Many of the toy creatures are quite cheap and therefore they can help you pivot into later artifact strategies like Alibou, Ancient Witness, or Wurmcoil Engine.

Artifact creatures can also work well with the historic mechanic and cards like Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain or Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle.

Several toy creatures have abilities or text that deal with creatures with power 2 or less. Here are some great cards to use with these specific toy creatures: Zulaport Cutthroat, Scute Swarm, Professional Face-Breaker.

Dollmaker's Shop is a card with the new room mechanic that helps you to create toy token creatures. Once you have built an army of toys, you can unlock Porcelain Gallery to make them huge!

Wrap Up

Splitskin Doll | Illustration by Diana Franco

Enough toying around! We’re finished with this look at the new artifact creature subtype, toy. I hope it was informative as new creature types and mechanics will always make splashes in every format. Thank you again for reading, and I’m excited to see what you all can do with these twisted toys.

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Stay safe and make sure to check under your bed for any Duskmourn monsters!