Apollo_Paladin

Casual/Legacy Veteran -

Casual/Legacy Player Since: 1997

MTG Arena Player Since: 2019 (ADD ME: Apollo_Paladin#83413)

My Favorite Color(s) to Use: (though I do dabble with others)

  • Black/Blue/White (Esper)

  • Black/White (Orzhov)

  • Mono-White

  • Mono-Black

  • Mono-Green

I love coming up with my own builds and discussing Deck Strategy with others. I don't do Netdeck builds of anything "Top Ranked" -- not on Paper, and not on Arena (at least never in Ranked matches). I don't have any problem with Netdecking as a concept, I just prefer the challenge of seeing how far I can get ignoring all the most popular combos in any given format.

Feel free to copy any of my decks though, I've got no problem with the concept & consider it a compliment!

Also, if you're on Arena, go ahead and add me if you want to play, test decks, or even just discuss deck strategy & different builds.

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Said on Rat Swarm...

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Heyo, +1 just for seeing another Arena player on this site!

Depending on the quality of your dual lands, you might want to look at splashing some red here. I messed around with kind of a similar rat/poison build, but I was relying more on Karumonix to do his Toxic thing with Song of Totentanz for faster wins. I feel like this would be a stronger bomb to drop than the Twisted Sewer-Witch, since extra power/toughness on rats from the Auras doesn't help with Poison win conditions.

There's not a lot of good proliferate options for black or red that don't detract from the deck theme, so getting rats in fast was important for me. A red splash would also let you run some Library advantage like Light Up the Stage to more value out of turns where you're only swinging for 1 or 2 damage.

You could also explore adding in Necrogen Communion to toss on some of your non-Toxic rats, or for protecting Karumonix from destruction. Toxic effects stack, so even putting it on an already-Toxic rat isn't a waste.

Finally, if you play best of 3's, I would definitely put Call of the Death-Dweller on your sideboard at very least, to help against boardwipes. You've got the CMC on your rats to potentially fish out 2 of them using it, but it can also scavenge out Karumonix if he happens to die.

In any case, feel free to add me on Arena if you ever want to run test games or even just discuss deck tech. Info is on my profile, either way good luck!

October 10, 2024 3:43 p.m. Edited.

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Finished Decks 26
Prototype Decks 5
Drafts 0
Playing since Revised Edition
Points 105
Avg. deck rating 13.50
T/O Rank 108
Helper Rank 23
Favorite formats Historic, Modern, Legacy, Arena, Casual
Suppressed formats Standard Brawl, Pioneer, Commander / EDH, Pauper EDH, Canadian Highlander, Highlander, Duel Commander, Leviathan, 1v1 Commander, Pre-release, Penny Dreadful, Heirloom, Hero, Noble, Frontier, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Block Constructed
Cards suggested / good suggestions 386 / 224
Joined 6 years