Rat Deck

Commander / EDH* Mono-Black

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Creature (39)

• 1x Bog Rats
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Burglar Rat
• 1x Champion of Stray Souls
• 1x Chittering Rats
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Drainpipe Vermin
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Gutter Skulk
• 1x Infected Vermin
• 1x Kuro's Taken
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Marrow-Gnawer
• 1x Muck Rats
• 1x Nezumi Cutthroat
• 1x Nezumi Graverobber  ^Flip
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Patron of the Nezumi
• 1x Pestilence Rats
• 1x Piper of the Swarm
• 1x Rancid Rats
• 1x Rat Colony
• 1x Ratcatcher
• 1x Ravenous Rats
• 1x Razortooth Rats
• 1x Ruin Rat
• 1x Sewer Rats
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Sinuous Vermin
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Swarm of Rats
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Typhoid Rats
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Bankrupt in Blood
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Blood for Bones
• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Forever Young
• 1x Gruesome Fate
• 1x Lab Rats
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Plague of Vermin
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Instant (4)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Reckoner's Bargain
• 1x Village Rites

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 31x Swamp

Artifact (4)

• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

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Creature (18)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Ascendant Evincar
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Bushmeat Poacher
• 1x Dirty Rat
• 1x Dirty Wererat
• 1x Diseased Vermin
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Earsplitting Rats
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Prowling Geistcatcher
• 1x Relentless Rats
• 1x Rotting Rats
• 1x Scrib Nibblers
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Stronghold Rats

Land (7)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Instant (17)

• 1x Cast Down
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Death Denied
• 1x Defile
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Drag to the Underworld
• 1x Eat to Extinction
• 1x Foul-Tongue Shriek
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Gravepurge
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Murder
• 1x Price of Fame
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tragic Slip

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Bad Moon
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Recurring Nightmare

Artifact (10)

• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Hall of Triumph
• 1x Mirror of Life Trapping
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Blood Divination
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Pestilent Haze
• 1x Return from Extinction
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

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The idea is to put out a large number of Rat creatures every turn coupled with the effect of Ayara, First of Locthwayne to gain life and damage all opponents. I also plan on adding plenty of self-sacrifice to kill off the rats for benefits, such as Zulaport Cutthroat's ability to gain life and damage opponents, as well as graveyard recursion to further take advantage of Ayara's ability.

I would like to focus less on attacking the opponents and more on chipping them down with other effects. As a result, there is a large number of draw cards in the deck to keep rats coming out as much as possible. I also tried to add a few non-rat cards that hopefully will synergize well with my goals.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 29 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C, Rat 1/1 B