Rat Race

by Eilineas on 30 March 2009

Main Deck (60 cards)

Creatures (20)


Sorceries (4)


Instants (4)


Artifacts (12)

Land (20)

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Deck Description

run for your life

ideal situation u get a thrumming stone out turn 3 with a dark ritual and all your rats not in your hand turn 4 game turn 5

took out a relentless and the marrows to help speed up mana by adding a set of lotus bloom, that way once turn 4 comes around i will most likely hav 3 additional mana for whenever i need it

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Rat Race

Thats....thats alotta rats, Thrumming Stone + Door of Destinies + Relentless rats is a very powerful and quick combo, Marrow Gnawer can sac relentless rats or even his own tokens and flood the field with more power, very cool idea.

Keep up the great work

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Posted 30 March 2009 at 21:47

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Thats....thats alotta rats, Thrumming Stone + Door of Destinies + Relentless rats is a very powerful and quick combo, Marrow Gnawer can sac relentless rats or even his own tokens and flood the field with more power, very cool idea.

Keep up the great work

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Posted 30 March 2009 at 21:59

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was suprised to find many ppl who made similar decks didnt use marrow, only reason no rituals is becus id rather keep this extended instead of legacy/vintage just personal choice though if ur playing casual, was thinking of lifeline and dark ritual if i went legacy, lifeline would just make this deck to good that and maybe a demonic tutors to get marrows

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Posted 30 March 2009 at 22:03

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dude, dont come my way with this deck.
I'd have no chance of winning against it.

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Posted 30 March 2009 at 22:06

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i havent built this deck more of a concept from seeing a few cards, if i used my legacy version instead of extended it would prob get going around turn 4 fairly fast with no real stopping

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Posted 30 March 2009 at 22:08

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a protection deck would eat this alive. this deck has only one plan. but a freaklish good plan but still only one. thought. coat of arms.

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Posted 30 March 2009 at 22:38

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wow only advice is the black counter and maybe a quick creature pump, beyond that looks good and fun.

comment on my mistmeadow gang deck http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=16744

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Posted 31 March 2009 at 00:24

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totally a sturdy pile of rat-deck...but yeah. It is a oneplan deck.

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Posted 31 March 2009 at 05:25

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reason i picked door instead of coat is the fact that coat will help opponent more, the fact that i will hav more creatures out would b irrelevent if i got swept in one turn by a flying deck that built up fast, understand the protection owning this deck but i hav nevr seen someone devote a deck solely for black prot

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Posted 31 March 2009 at 07:28

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Replace a couple diabolic tutor for a demonic tutor and a vampiric tutor. I would replace some cards with a couple aluren, 4 pack hunt, 4 rancor, and 2 skullclamp.
Interesting artifact choices with the mono black list you have. It looks fun to play, but frustrating against black or blue control.

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Posted 31 March 2009 at 14:22

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not going to add the other tutors becus me and friends mainly play legacy ruling and not splashing in green since not truly needed, in theory door is unneeded but i like it incase a few die off, skull clamp is so so and dont really need any buffing things

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Posted 31 March 2009 at 15:27

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That's cool dude, jz suggestin' cuz aluren is hard to use and fits well here. Rancor, Pack Hunt, and Aluren are allowed under anal legacy rulings, but they're also more money ;p

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Posted 31 March 2009 at 20:28

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dude, you cant have 20 relentless rats!!! lol the max u can have is 4

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Posted 01 April 2009 at 18:12

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um read the text a deck may have as many relentless rats as you wish

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Posted 01 April 2009 at 22:26

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Again Pro, noob comment, read all the cards before you leave a post!!!

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Posted 04 April 2009 at 11:25

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dude, this deck will kill. i cant think of anything to improve it right now. even swarmyard is good to keep your marrow-gnawers alive.

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Posted 08 April 2009 at 13:42

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My group plays Vintage, but banned this deck. It's an a**hole deck. Yeah, it can be dealt with, but it's generally not fun for anyone involved.

Sure, if you're playing Pro Tour Qualifier or whatever, go for it.

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Posted 08 April 2009 at 18:37

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this deck is evil would love to give it a go. theres just no flaws to it.

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Posted 09 April 2009 at 09:02

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yes it does hav little flaws in it, the only thing that can really counter it is a deck that is a little quicker(friend has a deck that starts killing turn 3 with 8 damage turn 4 with 12) or mass removal on turn 4 before i can get out a lifeline turn 5

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Posted 09 April 2009 at 13:15

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Awesome deck!! Im gonna give this deck a try. I can see why you would take at the doors but dont you think its a good fail safe just in case you wanna go the token route with marrow?

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Posted 09 April 2009 at 15:01

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There is only one simple way to play this deck. And one is not enough in MtG ;) Anyway, that way is astonishing xD great idea! :D

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Posted 11 April 2009 at 14:50

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Awesome rat massing
but could have problems against black

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Posted 12 April 2009 at 07:28

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This deck will run into a slight problem when Maelstrom Pulse becomes legal.

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Posted 17 April 2009 at 16:20

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You should sideboard cranial extraction and extirpate against someone who would use them against you. It would be really funny to see it happen, but losing all your rats would be annoying after a couple games.

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Posted 21 April 2009 at 18:31

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This deck is awesome.

Check out my deck please. :)
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=17773

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Posted 22 April 2009 at 15:10

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Dear God this deck is evil. Does it ever get boring just massing rats though?

Check out my Economy Bant deck, rate and leave a comment please!

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Posted 26 April 2009 at 13:07

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I’ve been testing this deck and it runs well once you get the pieces you need. The only slow down has been mana I would suggest adding 4 Ancient Tomb and taking out 4 rats or 3 rats and a marrow.

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Posted 27 April 2009 at 13:26

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Good lord,way to many rats,nice deck

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Posted 29 April 2009 at 20:56

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echoing truth ftw
just making fun nice work ;)

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Posted 30 April 2009 at 16:25

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My friend got one of those deck and i destroy him with lobotomy :P

Still a nice deck, really effective

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Posted 07 May 2009 at 12:56

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Lol, good job!

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Posted 08 May 2009 at 07:19

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1 cranial extraction and this deck would be devastated, but its still pretty awesome.
Just letting you know that there are very obvious weaknesses.
Heavy Burn till Cranial would suffice for countering this

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Posted 11 May 2009 at 00:59

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wow! that is one quick and amazing combo deck

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Posted 12 May 2009 at 14:39

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ya i know this deck has a few major weaknesses but the reason is becus they made the cards like cranial and maelstrom to make sure ppl didnt spam this in type 2 and such otherwise it would roll

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Posted 13 May 2009 at 23:20

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Thought Hemorrhage=Game Over! And yes people do play that card because its amazing. Infact, I can't think of a sinlge card that would rape this deck more....especially on turn 4. Maelstrom Pulse is also a problem but not nearly as bad as Thought Hemorrhage.

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Posted 15 May 2009 at 00:42

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Posted 15 May 2009 at 00:42

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It would be really hillarious though to see a deck loose 20 cards on turn 4. Especially because there is only 20 lands, you are likely to miss a land drop. LOL

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Posted 15 May 2009 at 00:43

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when i first saw that 20 rat thing i was like?? but thats cool - its quite obvious though thats the kinda deck it should be played in

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Posted 15 May 2009 at 11:14

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watch out against meddling mage! :)

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Posted 15 May 2009 at 11:31

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I LOVE THIS DECK!!!! hey, can you make a type 2 version of this???? thanks!

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Posted 19 May 2009 at 07:56

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Wow, so cards that will shut this deck down:
Runed Halo
Maelstrom Pulse
Thought Hemorrhage
Meddling mage
Cranial Extraction

Im sure theres more, but...lol

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Posted 20 May 2009 at 15:18

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uhh... "I play meddling mage on turn 2. I choose relentless rats." game over? lol

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Posted 28 May 2009 at 02:00

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but imagine 2 headed giants with two of these decks together... quite scary

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Posted 28 May 2009 at 02:01

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but imagine 2 headed giants with two of these decks together... quite scary

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Posted 28 May 2009 at 02:02

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2 words. holy shit.

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Posted 02 June 2009 at 15:01

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CONTERBORE

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Posted 04 June 2009 at 10:17

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Lol, this deck isnt worth the money, +$3 a rat and i ended up paying $120 on this deck. but i still enjoyed watching anothers face after losing to it.

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Posted 08 June 2009 at 03:43

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This is by far the greatest dark deck i've seen in a long time!

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Posted 13 June 2009 at 19:58

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This is basically the deck that was waiting to be created when Rel Rats was made. It needs some protection against the slew of cards that can destroy it (darn you meddling mage!). Most sideboards would have something that could dominate games 2 and 3 in a 3 game tourny... perhaps a couple underground sea's and sunken ruins swapped out, and a few counters in the side board in case...




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Posted 17 June 2009 at 21:24

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Guess what?... meddling mage, call relentless rats, game over. lol

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Posted 18 June 2009 at 23:33

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Nice work. Check out mine if you get a chance- AEther Slivers...

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Posted 20 June 2009 at 13:36

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Cool deck, looks like fun. Check out my new 360 degrees of total destruction deck. http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=21350

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Posted 25 June 2009 at 22:23

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in a deck like this do you really need that many lands? once you have thrumming stone in play you've won unless they don't do something about it. another suggestion is just how people could easily play hate cards against it try using something like a thoughseize in the deck that way you can take their "answers" before they can use them. like i said just a suggestion deck seems strong to begin with.

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Posted 26 June 2009 at 11:25

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IMO pull the 4 Lifeline and 4 swamps since your rats will be so huge so early and you have multiple mana boosters available. Insert 4 Terror or similar creature removal for that pesky Meddling Mage and 4 Altar of Dementia. If you're going to play an a**hole deck, make it a vicious a**hole deck.

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Posted 27 June 2009 at 02:49

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All i have against it is MAelstrom Pulse destroys it

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Posted 03 July 2009 at 13:23

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love the deck, but has major flaw in to many cards with the same name. :(

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Posted 04 July 2009 at 14:29

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I forget what card it is but if your opponent plays it all your Relentless Rats, POOF, they are gone. you might want to add a Door of Destinies or Coat of Arms.

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Posted 16 July 2009 at 11:26

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Maelstrom pulse,gg

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Posted 16 July 2009 at 13:11

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um 1 maelstrom is not gg becus of lifeline and 2 i see how little of a life ppl hav ha they can go and make multiple logins and spam 9 down thumbs in the last few hours

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Posted 16 July 2009 at 17:02

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Not bad,i love casual deck like this,and in torney play,if u don't say anything,Its a great scare to other players,10/10

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Posted 16 July 2009 at 22:17

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Not bad,i love casual deck like this,and in torney play,if u don't say anything,Its a great scare to other players,10/10

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Posted 16 July 2009 at 22:21

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umm no i didnt steal that deck, this may be a bit of a shock to u but people can come up with the same combo just so u know, and also maybe u stole this deck every1 has a relentless rats deck and they all end up the same

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Posted 18 July 2009 at 00:01

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WOG, Planar Cleansing, Hallowed burial, or Austere Command wrecks lifeline and your rats. Sorry.

unknownhunter763 is right, I made a rats deck almost just like this one a year ago on this site and even when I did it, it was cuz I got the idea from someone else, can't tell anyone it's an original deck idea, it's common sense really.

Everyone knows about it and everyone knows how to stop it, conveniently the cards to stop it already exist in most sideboards. Don't kid yourself into thinking that if you play this against people at a tourney that they wouldn't just sideboard in a card that utterly wrecks your deck.

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Posted 21 July 2009 at 15:01

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another card that could destroy this deck= haunting echoes

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Posted 23 July 2009 at 03:03

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no, for each other rat in play they get +1/+1

but I would trow out the 4 lifeline and trow in 4 cabal rituals

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Posted 24 July 2009 at 22:00

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OR trow in 4 mass hysteria:

for 1 Red mana, an enchantment, all creature you control have haste.
you can get red mana from Lotus bloom, and add some red mana, it only needs 1

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Posted 24 July 2009 at 22:02

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or trow in some chrome mox, you only need 1 rat in your hand. So the rest of them can be used for chrome mox.

Just some idead, try some things out, choose what's the fastest

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Posted 24 July 2009 at 22:04

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LOL@Pray4Plagues
A good deck that will ACTUALLY win costs $150-250 on average
The cards are expensive because they make u win,
If they make u win, people can charge more for them.

Thats why a Baneslayer Angel(m10) is going about $25-30 for ONE
Thats not overpriced. Its just overpowered.

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Posted 28 July 2009 at 23:51

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i think a person who goes against this deck is gonna need quite a bit of infest's

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Posted 11 August 2009 at 18:45

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ubbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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Posted 12 August 2009 at 22:50

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my bro told me about relentless rats i love youtr deck dude u deserve a thumbs up

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Posted 12 August 2009 at 22:50

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swamp yard makes it harder to defeat

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Posted 12 August 2009 at 22:53

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Simple and powerful! Love it =,)

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Posted 24 August 2009 at 04:30

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i have multiple cards that remove everycard throughout the deck mwith the same name ......... if that happens your screwed

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Posted 30 August 2009 at 21:49

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coat of arms would be devastating in this deck

well done, im gonna buy this deck =D

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Posted 03 September 2009 at 22:16

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I like this deck =] its very fancy

My Ensnare burn deck could take this one with ease.. And its Extended legal!

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=22937

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Posted 09 September 2009 at 18:52

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You don't need swarmyard

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Posted 21 September 2009 at 10:14

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There are two oh-so-commonly played cards that just devour this deck and all Rat decks:

Meddling Mage.

Thought Hemorrhage.

Game. but assuming those aren't in play for whatever reason it's a solid rat deck :)

Check out my decks comment rate please!

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Posted 21 September 2009 at 19:27

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lotus petal and cabal ritual may be better than bloom if you are playing legacy. Otherwise nice combo

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Posted 23 September 2009 at 06:23

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this scares the hell outta me

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Posted 01 October 2009 at 11:37

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I Extirpated this deck at a Sanctioned Legacy event, it was extremely hilarious!

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Posted 04 October 2009 at 01:31

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pretty good but check out my rats deck i like it a lil better... but go rats

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Posted 14 October 2009 at 23:09

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