Pack Rat Madness

Modern Budget Discard Mono-Black Tokens Tribal

HotRodScott

Creature (23)

• 4x Drainpipe Vermin
• 1x Marrow-Gnawer
• 4x Pack Rat
• 4x Rat Colony
• 4x Ravenous Rats
• 2x Rotting Rats
• 4x Typhoid Rats

Sorcery (8)

• 3x Alms of the Vein
• 3x Call to the Netherworld
• 2x Diabolic Tutor

Instant (5)

• 3x Dark Withering
• 2x Geth's Verdict

Land (22)

• 19x Swamp
• 3x Swarmyard

Artifact (2)

• 2x Key to the City

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Sideboard

Instant (5)

• 1x Dark Withering
• 2x Geth's Verdict
• 2x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Call to the Netherworld
• 4x Duress
• 2x Rite of Consumption

Artifact (3)

• 2x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Rat Colony

Instant (3)

• 2x Ultimate Price
• 1x Undying Evil

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This deck takes advantage of black free/low cost madness spells to make Pack Rat's " Discard a card: Create a token that's a copy of Pack Rat" ability a good thing rather than a penalty. The goal of the deck is to get some 1-drops out with deathtouch or discard to slow down the opponent while you get your pack rat engine going. It also plays 4 Swarm of Rats. They're fragile, but with Call to the Netherworld as one of the madness cards and Swarmyard to protect it, it's a lot more durable and they add a nice punch. There are Diabolic Tutors to look for pack rat or to dig for your Marrow-Gnawer. He really seals the deal by giving your rats fear, and the ability to double the power of your Pack Rat/Swarm of Rats every turn with his sac ability is incredible. It usually has enough action the first few plays that you can stabilize and tutor for a Pack Rat so it's not the end of the world if you don't have one in your opening hand. Any hand with a couple of 1-2 drops and 2 lands (preferably 1 Swarmyard) is playable.

I've played a lot with this deck and it's surprisingly competitive! It has a hard time with prison decks and board wipes, so suggestions on how to handle those are strongly encouraged! I'm playing with the 2-drop slot. Rancid Rats is another deathtouch creature which is so nice to discourage attackers, but the unearth on Rotting Rats adds nice resiliency to board wipes and is another discard outlet for madness when needed.

Let me know what you think. It's dirt cheap to build online (< 3 tix for the main board), so go pick it up and have fun!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 1 Rares 2 - 2 Uncommons 29 - 12 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.29
Tokens	Copy Clone, Rat 1/1 B
Folders	modern, Interesting, 6: Decks by Other People, fun ieas, Rat Modern, Awesome Decks