Budget Black Discard (with rats!)

Standard Budget Discard Mono-Black

CentSG2

Creature (17)

• 3x Black Cat
• 4x Drainpipe Vermin
• 2x Ogre Slumlord
• 4x Pack Rat
• 4x Typhoid Rats

Land (18)

• 18x Swamp

Enchantment (6)

• 4x Shrieking Affliction
• 2x Underworld Connections

Instant (6)

• 3x Cremate
• 3x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (9)

• 3x Bone Splinters
• 3x Duress
• 3x Mind Rot

Unknown (4)

• 4x Ravenous Rat

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This is a fun deck I've had moderate success with. It won't win any FNM, but it's a cheap deck for casual play.

At its core, this is a discard control deck. The rat theme is kind of just a gimmick. There are heavy hitters in there with Pack Rat and Ogre Slumlord, but the core of this deck is Shrieking Affliction. If you can continually throw down cards like Duress and Ravenous Rats, your opponent is going to be hemorrhaging a good chunk of life each turn for every enchantment you have on the field. In addition, "discard on death" cards like Drainpipe Vermin and Black Cat provide exceptional stalling for their respective costs, because the threat of a discard is usually a better deterrent than the creatures themselves.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Rares 4 - 0 Uncommons 26 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.66
Tokens	Copy Clone, Rat 1/1 B