Rat Lock

Pauper Control Pauper Prison UB (Dimir)

Spell_Slam

Card Advantage and Tutors (16)

• 4x Preordain
• 4x Augur of Bolas
• 1x Reaping the Graves
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Thorn of the Black Rose
• 4x Mulldrifter

Lands (22)

• 2x Bojuka Bog
• 4x Dimir Aqueduct
• 4x Dismal Backwater
• 6x Island
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 4x Swamp

Removal and Counters (14)

• 2x Disfigure
• 4x Cast Down
• 4x Chainer's Edict
• 4x Counterspell

Lock Pieces (8)

• 4x Chittering Rats
• 2x Ghostly Flicker
• 2x Archaeomancer

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Sideboard

Other (15)

• 2x Dispel
• 3x Duress
• 3x Hydroblast
• 3x Nihil Spellbomb
• 3x Suffocating Fumes
• 1x Evincar's Justice

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This is a pretty standard version of the Rat Lock archetype, updated for 2021 Pauper.

Rat Lock should be played as a typical Dimir Control deck, then potentially locking up the late game with the combo of Archaeomancer + Chittering Rats + Ghostly Flicker to prevent the opponent from ever drawing new cards again.

This deck is part of the Paper Pauper Battle Bag

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Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Archaeomancer + Chittering Rats + Ghostly Flicker
Legality	This deck is Pauper legal.
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.58
Tokens	Monarch Emblem
Folders	Pauper, Interesting Decks, The Paper Pauper Battle Bag, Pauper