Ratica Apocalyptica

Commander / EDH Card Draw Matters Combo Infinite Combo Lifegain Mono-Black Rats Sacrifice Tokens

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Creature (33)

• 1x Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal  ^Flip
• 1x Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Mirkwood Bats
• 1x Nezumi Shortfang  ^Flip
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Old Flitterfang
• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Pestilence Rats
• 1x Piper of the Swarm
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Ratcatcher
• 14x Relentless Rats
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Throat Slitter

Instant (6)

• 1x Consuming Corruption
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Defile
• 1x Reckoner's Bargain
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Village Rites

Artifact (15)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Ghost Lantern
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Virtue of Persistence

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 25x Swamp
• 1x Swarmyard
• 1x War Room
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Maybeboard

Creature (12)

• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Gray Merchant of Alphabet
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Nezumi Bone-Reader
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Rancid Rats
• 1x Rat Colony
• 1x Stronghold Rats
• 1x Valley Rotcaller
• 1x Voracious Vermin
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Tainted Remedy
• 1x The Meathook Massacre

Artifact (11)

• 1x Altar of Bhaal
• 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Nightmare Lash
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Tarrian's Journal  ^Flip
• 1x Thrumming Stone
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Death Mage
• 1x Liliana, the Necromancer

Land (2)

• 1x Mudflat Village
• 1x Temple of the False God

Instant (6)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Erebos's Intervention
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Rend Flesh

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Consuming Vapors
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Twilight's Call

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We Shall Inherit

Marrow-Gnawer is my favorite card in MTG and the main reason I started playing back in the day when Champions of Kamigawa came out. Here I've finally incorporated him into a semi-competitive commander deck. The idea of this deck is to spam rat tokens with Marrow-Gnawer's ability and other cards combo off of this by sacrificing rat tokens, removing enemy creatures, increasing your life / decreasing the opponents, and drawing lots of cards.

Rat Colony Is probably technically better for the curve and buffing up from any rat in play, rather than ones with the same name. However, I like the old school feel to the Relentless Rats, so I'm rolling with them. Rat Colony also benefits from Skullclamp card draw, whereas Relentless Rats do not. In my case though I don't care, as there is plenty of other draw tech in here.

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Primary combos:

Marrow-Gnawer + Thornbite Staff = Infinite Rats. Old school: Plunge into Darkness to sacrifice the rat tokens for infinite life. New school: Ayara, First of Locthwain / Blood Artist / Bastion of Remembrance on the field = infinite life and damage to opponent. Increasing Ambition to search for Thornbite Staff. There many are other good Black tutors that could be included, I'm just opting to not always go for the infinite combo as a win-con for this deck. Just an occasional win-con.

Lightning Greaves and Cloak and Dagger make Marrow-Gnawer not targetable and can be equipped immediately for free

Lightning Greaves and Thousand-Year Elixir give Marrow-Gnawer haste for his activated ability

Mirkwood Bats activates 1 life loss for every rat Marrow-Gnawer creates, potentially game ending as soon as it's played.

Index

{Token Tech}

Marrow-Gnawer, Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal  , Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm, Ayara, First of Locthwain, Blood Artist, Mirkwood Bats, Ogre Slumlord, Old Flitterfang, Pack Rat, Pestilence Rats, Piper of the Swarm, Pitiless Plunderer, Priest of Forgotten Gods, Species Specialist, Attrition, Bastion of Remembrance, Black Market, Grave Pact, Coat of Arms, Eldrazi Monument, Tarrian's Journal  , Thornbite Staff, Thousand-Year Elixir, Tragic Slip, Liliana, Dreadhorde General

{Draw}

Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal  , Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm, Ayara, First of Locthwain, Priest of Forgotten Gods, Ratcatcher, Species Specialist, Phyrexian Arena, Skullclamp, Vanquisher's Banner, Deadly Dispute, Reckoner's Bargain, Village Rites, Liliana, Dreadhorde General, Increasing Ambition <-- Only tutor card in deck War Room

{Life Gain / Loss}

Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal  , Ayara, First of Locthwain, Blood Artist, Crypt Ghast, Mirkwood Bats, Old Flitterfang, Priest of Forgotten Gods, Bastion of Remembrance, Virtue of Persistence, Bontu's Monument, Consuming Corruption, Erebos's Intervention, Reckoner's Bargain, Consume Spirit

{Ramp}

Crypt Ghast, Black Market, Bontu's Monument, Liliana of the Dark Realms, Cabal Coffers, Cabal Stronghold

{Power}

Marrow-Gnawer, Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm, Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni, Throat Slitter, Attrition, Grave Pact, Virtue of Persistence, Akroma's Memorial, Coat of Arms, Door of Destinies, Eldrazi Monument, Toxic Deluge <--- Only board wipe in deck

{Removal}

Attrition, Grave Pact, Virtue of Persistence, Nevinyrral's Disk, Oblivion Stone, Consuming Corruption, Defile, Erebos's Intervention, Tragic Slip, Liliana of the Dark Realms, Liliana, Dreadhorde General, Consume Spirit, Toxic Deluge, Piper of the Swarm, Priest of Forgotten Gods, Throat Slitter

{Recursion}

Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni, Virtue of Persistence, Ghost Lantern, Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm, The Tomb of Aclazotz  

{Discard}

Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal   & Nezumi Shortfang  

{Flying}

Eldrazi Monument, Akroma's Memorial, Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal  , Old Flitterfang

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Edit 8/18/24 - After playtesting a few times, I feel the following changes enhance the decks overall survivability and power while losing only situational boons. Add: Tarrian's Journal  , Old Flitterfang, Priest of Forgotten Gods, Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal  , Crypt Ghast, Liliana of the Dark Realms, Ghost Lantern, Consuming Corruption, Vanquisher's Banner, Cloak and Dagger, Mirkwood Bats, Door of Destinies

Remove: Oversold Cemetery, Patriarch's Bidding, Twilight's Call, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Temple of the False God, Altar's Reap, God-Eternal Bontu, Consuming Vapors, Rend Flesh, Whispersilk Cloak, Skullclamp, Hero's Downfall

Top Ranked	Achieved #7 position overall 1 month ago Achieved #6 position in Commander / EDH 1 month ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH Card Draw Matters 1 month ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH Infinite Combo 1 month ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 day
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Food, Human Soldier 1/1 W, On an Adventure, Rat 1/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander/EDH