Ratical Rodents

Commander / EDH Combo Infinite Combo Mono-Black Multiplayer Tribal

Enral

Support (22)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Lab Rats
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Night Dealings
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Ratcatcher
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Swarmyard
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Win Conditions (7)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Thrumming Stone
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Rat Steroids (4)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Eldrazi Monument

Rat Yard (34)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 18x Swamp
• 1x Swarmyard
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Population Control (11)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Rats (23)

• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Pack Rat
• 21x Relentless Rats

Commander (1)

Yard Dump (13)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Rat Poop (5)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

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The goal of this deck is simple: Overwhelm with numbers. The ultimate goal is to assemble an army of rats to overrun your enemies with fear and win. Ways to reach that goal?

• Thrumming Stone + relentless rat + Akroma's Memorial = Vomit out an army of rats (>200 power) in a turn

• Darksteel Plate + Crypt Rats = Destroy all creatures every turn

• Westvale Abbey   + 5 rats = flip this dude and smash face. Bonus points with Grave Pact / Dictate of Erebos in play for maximum impact

• Exsanguinate + massive amount of black mana = massive life drain to entire table

If you have Marrow-Gnawer and his token generation engine online, he combos with:

• Thornbite Staff (needs at least 2 other rats) for Infinite rat tokens + Bitter Ordeal or Akroma's Memorial to win the game

• Contamination to lock out non-black players (also works with 2 rats and a creature recur engine like Palace Siege)

• Dictate of Erebos and/or Grave Pact to make opponents sac 1 to 2 creatures per turn

This is one of my favorite EDH decks and it was always a blast to play. There are so many different ways to play it and opponents were always surprised what this simple deck can do. If finding different ways to generate creature advantage or assemble a winning combo is boring to you, then this deck is probably not for you. Imagine playing on a Friday night after work while having a can of beer as you slowly flood the table with those damn rats!

Top Ranked	Achieved #41 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.17
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Rat 1/1 B
Folders	Rats!, My EDH Brews, hullo, EDH Decks, EDH Ideas, Rats, Decks to check, Marrow-gnawer