Ramp and Buff (10)
- 1x Akroma's Memorial
- 1x Caged Sun
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1x
Crypt Ghast
- 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir
- 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
- 1x Magewright's Stone
- 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- 1x Sol Ring
- 1x Swiftfoot Boots
- 1x Thornbite Staff
Draw and Tutor (6)
Damage and Discard (7)
- 1x Corrupt
- 1x Exsanguinate
- 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- 1x Murderous Compulsion
- 1x Mutilate
- 1x Nightmare Incursion
- 1x Tsabo's Decree
Rats (36)
- 1x Crypt Rats
- 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
- 1x Ogre Slumlord
- 1x Pack Rat
- 1x Rancid Rats
- 30x Relentless Rats
- 1x Swarm of Rats
Home Sweet Home (35)
Commander (1)
Revive and Lifegain (5)
Maybeboard
Other (3)
From every shadow they came...
THE VERMINTIDE
This is a Relentless Rats EDH Deck.
30 Relentless Rats for you to summon, and 35 Swamps to summon them with.
The other cards fall into 4 main categories:
Some standards, like Sol Ring and Caged Sun. Also some specific to this deck like the Crypt Ghast and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx to help ensure you always can afford the rats in your hand.
Caged Sun, Dragon Throne of Tarkir, Whip of Erebos, and Ogre Slumlord make your rats stronger, or give them lifegain, or deathtouch. Marrow-Gnawer adds a huge bonus as the General with adding Fear to your rats.
Nightmare Incursion and Tsabo's Decree peel away dangerous board sweeps and removals.
Mutilate, Corrupt, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, and Crypt Rats push back when the timing is right.
Murderous Compulsion and Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni add some board control, and Ink-Eyes pairs really well together with Marrow-Gnawer.
Mutilate, Corrupt, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, and Crypt Rats push back when the timing is right.
Murderous Compulsion and Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni add some board control, and Ink-Eyes pairs really well together with Marrow-Gnawer.
Underworld Connections, Skullclamp, and Vampiric Rites help ensure you always have rats to cast. Liliana of the Dark Realms finds your swamps. Diabolic Revelation and Diabolic Tutor find the right card for the right moment.Thrumming Stone can put all of your Horrible-Little-Fur-Monsters into play.
The Vermintide has a number of Ways to win the game:
This is as simple as it gets. Play rats, more rats, more Relentless Rats, play Marrow-Gnawer, give them fear, and attack attack attack. Not very flexible or original, but surprisingly effective at times. Variations of this include the dragon throne of tarkhir, where you put that on one Relentless Rat, pay to tap them, and essentially double the power of all your Relentless Rats, and give them trample. Another variation is the Thrumming Stone, where you get to put all your rats into play (unless you're very unlucky and "Rat-Fizzle.")
Have Marrow-Gnawer equipped with Thornbite Staff, and at least 2 other rats in play. Sacrifice any rat other than Marrow-Gnawer, the Staff untaps Marrow-Gnawer, you get 2 rat tokens, tap again, kill one, get three, untap, tap, kill one, get MATH a lot of rat tokens. You can essentially ask your opponents if any of them have anything to stop 9000 rat tokens from eating them alive... and then proceed.
A bit more complex, but still possible:
Have a good solid mana base, whether it's from Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or Caged Sun + Crypt Ghast or (unlikely) Liliana of the Dark Realms' Emblem. Then slap Exsanguinate on the board and watch the table turn violently.
-OR-
Build a solid devotion (easy when each Relentless Rat is ...) and throw out Gray Merchant of Asphodel.
-OR-
Have a ton of Swamps, maybe with Liliana of the Dark Realms helping, and hit with Corrupt.
Something to note with a lot of these, that they give a HUGE lifegain bonus, making it prime-time for a surprise Crypt Rats victory immediately after.
Have a good solid mana base, whether it's from Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or Caged Sun + Crypt Ghast or (unlikely) Liliana of the Dark Realms' Emblem. Then slap Exsanguinate on the board and watch the table turn violently.
-OR-
Build a solid devotion (easy when each Relentless Rat is ...) and throw out Gray Merchant of Asphodel.
-OR-
Have a ton of Swamps, maybe with Liliana of the Dark Realms helping, and hit with Corrupt.
Something to note with a lot of these, that they give a HUGE lifegain bonus, making it prime-time for a surprise Crypt Rats victory immediately after.
Beware the swarm...
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(7 years ago)
| -1 | Disciple of Bolas | main |
| +1 | Fortuitous Find | main |
| -1 | Foul-Tongue Shriek | main |
| +1 | Murderous Compulsion | main |
| +1 | Rancid Rats | main |
| -1 | Rings of Brighthearth | main |
| +1 | Secret Salvage | main |
| -1 | Vampiric Rites | main |
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| Date added | 9 years |
| Last updated | 7 years |
| Legality | This deck is Commander / EDH legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 4 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 0 Rares 41 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 100 |
| Avg. CMC | 3.48 |
| Tokens | Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Rat 1/1 B |
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