Rag Man

Rag Man
Base HP
200
Stage HP
0
Found In
Boss Double Trouble (with Little Horn) Mini-Boss
Dropped Items
Boss

Rag Man is one of the bosses added in the expansion The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth.

Behavior

• Throws his head towards Isaac. The head will roll for a bit, after which it turns into a special version of a Ragling. His head then reappears on his body.
  • His body will walk around aimlessly, occasionally shooting a homing tear in a random direction, while his head is rolling.
  • The head can be shot to damage the Rag Man and the Ragling that will spawn from it.
  • Rag Man's Raglings have 30 health instead of 13, have a different color scheme, and leave remains on the ground after death, from which they can be revived.
  • If the head is destroyed before transforming, the Ragling from it will be killed and its remains will be left on the ground.
• Fires 1, 3, or 5 homing shots at Isaac in quick succession.
• Revives a Ragling from its remains on the ground and heals himself for a bit during the process.

Champion versions

• Black: Spawns 2 spiders instead of a Ragling. Uses his resurrect frequently. This won't resurrect anything since the spiders don't leave corpses, but still heals him. Sprays tears during his resurrect, similar to Monstro's spit.
• Red: No longer fires tears. Can have up to 4 Raglings at one time. Can revive 2 Raglings at once.

Notes

• The health bar of the Rag Man will flash orange for a short time to indicate that he is healing.
• Killing Rag Man's spawned Raglings with Lusty Blood doesn't boost Isaac's damage.

Gallery

• 

  Rag Man ingame.

• 

  Concept art.

Trivia

• The name comes from a Magic: The Gathering card.
• According to a tweet by Edmund McMillen, the theme comes from an old character he made years ago, called "Ghost".
• Rag Man is referred to as male in Edmund's design documents.
• Edmund mentioned that it is highly likely that Rag Man can be also be found in Crawl Spaces in addition to being a normal boss. However, this is not the case, though Rag Man can be found in an I AM ERROR room and a Closet.
• Rag Man is also a term for the Devil.
• The Raglings that Rag Man spawns have a different appearance than the original enemy, and they have 2 eyes, not just one.
• Rag Man is very similar in appearance to a Mummy, the result of an ancient practice to preserve corpses by embalming them and wrapping them in bandages.
• If you shrink Rag Man's head (when he throws his head to spawn a Ragling), a lower body can be seen.
• Rag Mega is an evolved version of Rag Man.