Here’s the game plan, we’re hoping to drop Caged Sun by turn 3 with the help of Charcoal Diamond and Dark Ritual
Now were doubled up on mana and ready to bring in a few Rat Colony cards. These bad boys are gonna be looking like 3/2’s or 4/2’s depending on how many you can get.
So we’re not a huge threat and the rats like that.... next we’re gonna try and get our commander Marrow-Gnawer out and hope we can tutor or get lucky a Plague of Vermin in the next round.
We should have a few rats out by now, along with the Colonies growing into larger glass cannons. Again, not a crazy threat. And that’s when we drop the Plague. Throw caution to the wind and drop 11-21 life on some 1/1 rat tokens.
Immediately sac one of these guys, and tap our commander to create 1/1 rat tokens, for each rat under your control.
So we’re now looking at 45+ 3/3 rat tokens with fear, if we’re lucky and get a Coat of Arms Bad Moon or any other buff creature type cards.
Our Rat Colony cards are sitting at 45+/3 and if we have a Pack Rat or two, they’ll be looking buff with a 45+/45+.
(At this point a soon to be acquired Gruesome Fate would knock out most opponents)
Next turn we tap good ol Papa Gnawer, and get about 100+ rats on the board. If you haven’t started swinging, this would be the time to do so. Your rats cause fear, so your opponents better be packing a bunch of black or artifacts to block. Cause you’re looking at about a 100 rats capable of 1,000+ damage. (100 3/3 tokens, 5 100+/3 Rat Colonies, 2-3 100+/100+ pack rats)
Add in a Whip of Erebos for some lifelink fun, or Magewright's Stone to untap Papa Gnawer and double up on tokens once more before the end of turn.
A simple token/board wipe would devastate the rats, so as soon as you become a threat, try and swing hard. Hopefully during all of this Swarmyard will be keeping our commander from getting hit and removed, but that’s only gonna help ya once.
If your do get wiped Secret Salvage is gonna let ya dive into your library and fill your hand with Colony cards. Your about a turn or two away from having an army again, but don’t be surprised if the rats cause a few opponents to get skittish and stop that from happening.
I’m open to any suggestions.
