Mono-Black Rat Tribal with Marrow-Gnawer

Commander / EDH Mono-Black Tribal

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Annoying (1)

• 1x Contamination

Basic Lands (40)

• 40x Swamp

Big Rats (3)

• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Pestilence Rats
• 1x Swarm of Rats

Board Wipes (5)

• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Buffs (3)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Bad Moon
• 1x Eldrazi Monument

Card Draw (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Creature (4)

• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Ratcatcher

Creatures (2)

• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Ogre Slumlord

Direct Damage (3)

• 1x Choice of Damnations
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Discards (4)

• 1x Gnat Miser
• 1x Locust Miser
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Ravenous Rats

Graveyard Shenanigans (2)

• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding

Hand Size (1)

• 1x Reliquary Tower

Life Drain (5)

• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Foul-Tongue Shriek
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Mana Ramp (12)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Non Basic Lands (4)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Swarmyard

Rat Creatures (14)

• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Gnat Miser
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Locust Miser
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Nezumi Graverobber  ^Flip
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Pestilence Rats
• 1x Rancid Rats
• 1x Ravenous Rats
• 1x Swarm of Rats
• 1x Throat Slitter
• 1x Typhoid Rats

Rat Gen (2)

• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Pack Rat

Rat Revival (1)

• 1x Swarmyard

Rat Tribal Buffs (7)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Ogre Slumlord

Removal (4)

• 1x Choice of Damnations
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Target Removal (6)

• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Murder
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Throat Slitter
• 1x Tragic Slip

Tutors (3)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Ratcatcher
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Utility (1)

• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Other (59)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Candelabra of Tawnos
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dash Hopes
• 1x Deathgrip
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Lab Rats
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mouth of Ronom
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 1x Sinuous Vermin
• 1x Skull of Ramos
• 1x Skullclamp
• 35x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Sunstone
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Withering Boon

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Maybeboard

Other (31)

• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Overeager Apprentice
• 15x Relentless Rats
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Thrumming Stone
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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WIP ,

Working on a rat tribal, because I wanted to make a mono-black deck, and Marrow-Gnawer caught my eye.

This also gives me a good chance to get acquainted with tribal decks and their construction right before the new C17 pre-cons drop. I know this deck is nowhere near good, and I would appreciate any feedback on good rats to use, good mono-black ramp to use, and any other useful spells to keep me alive for at least a few turns! (FYI the side board right now is what I really like and I want to fit in when I have more time to mess around with this, and the maybe board is what I kinda like, but I'm unsure about.)

First off,

I'm aware as of the moment I'm typing this I have way too many lands (50!) and 48 are basic swamps! Additionally, I have way too few rats to even regard this deck as a rat tribal, so I'm in the process of adding ramp so I may take out some swamps and put in more rats and other spells remedy this issue. I also need some Artifact and Enchantment removal, and some counter-spells if they're viable and available.

Also,

I desire to try and change out the remaining basic non-snow swamps for snow covered swamps! (I may make all my lands snow lands, or I may do a 50/50 split of non-snow and snow to lessen the damage Wake of Destruction and other land destruction cards/ decks can do to me. If you have any tips on if this is wise or even a thing I should be wary about I'd appreciate it!). This is because I recently learned of some advantages they provide:

1.Extraplanar Lens + Snow-Covered Swamp to in effect be another black mana doubling cube.

2.Mouth of Ronom for some unexpectedly decent spot removal for a land.

3.Scrying Sheets I'm thinking of using whenever I have some mana spare, maybe right before my turn to check what I'm getting and possibly get a free land in hand.

4.Scrying Sheets + Sensei's Divining Top to ensure the previous interaction I mentioned is more likely or certainly going to happen.

5.Snow-Covered Swamp + Sunstone for a reusable Fog.

Its unrelated to rat tribal, but... turn 1: Swamp then Dark Ritual + Phyrexian Dreadnought + Torpor Orb . Next turn... attack for 12, then Tainted Strike in response if they declare no blockers. I read this somewhere, and I have no idea the practicality, and the chances of drawing into it first turn are astronomical, but its a fun idea.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	WURG
Key combos	Extraplanar Lens + Snow-Covered Swamp Scrying Sheets + Sensei's Divining Top Snow-Covered Swamp + Sunstone Dark Ritual + Phyrexian Dreadnought + Torpor Orb
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 33 - 10 Rares 13 - 6 Uncommons 11 - 7 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.64
Tokens	Copy Clone, Rat 1/1 B