Rise of the Rats

by gaston205 on 05 November 2013

Main Deck (99 cards)

Sideboard (1 card)

Creatures (1)

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Deck Tags

  • EDH
  • Mono Black

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

008000

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Rise of the Rats

i like it! think about adding a Door of Destiny or a Coat of Arms

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Posted 05 November 2013 at 18:58

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Also, maybe a Liliana of the veil just as a good planeswalker.

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Posted 05 November 2013 at 19:10

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first time i've seen a tribal rat EDh deck haha, how well does it play out?

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Posted 05 November 2013 at 19:54

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So far, I have only done some tests in games with 3 or 4 people, in which I tend to use my rats as more of walls and just wait for my mana boosters(caged sun, crypt ghast, possibly Liliana) and then exsanguinate or consume spirit for the win. If my rats gain enough board advantage, I drop Marrow-Gnawer and swing with a bunch of rats with fear.

I still need to try it in a 1v1 game, but I think it might not be as powerful if my opponent starts with any early game removal.

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 13:57

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it looks as though it has the potential to easily bring down some of the bigger scarier, more overrated creatures in mid to late game, all the buff artifacts paired with the rats that get bigger with others will make for some truly formidable forces, other than some of the points pointed out in the other comments, i'd say this is a pretty good EDH deck save for the lack of stuff to block flying, though you may be able to hold off a flight heavy deck for a while by using kill spells and playing a little aggressively and forcing your opponent into bad blocks.

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 16:57

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coat of arms, door of destinies, nykthos, god and god equipment and imortal servitude? also more removal. doomblade, murder, victim of the night etc

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Posted 05 November 2013 at 22:34

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I had completely forgot about artifacts like Coat of Arms and Door of Destinies, thank you. However, I cannot add Immortal Servitude to the deck as I do not have a commander that is both Black and White, therefore I cannot use any cards with hybrid mana.

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 13:50

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Thornbite Staff pls lol

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Posted 05 November 2013 at 23:53

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Just add a
- darksteel plate
- go for the throat
- shizo death storehouse
- cavern of souls
- mutavault
- staff of nin
- whip of erebos

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 02:38

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A Thrumming Stone & more Relentless Rats if you ask me

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 10:14

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Add more removal, and all the tutors you can find (Might have to proxy)
-Diabolic Revelation
-Imperial Seal
-Vampiric Tudor
-Cruel Tudor
And Coat of arms/door of destiny is never bad in tribal.
Some good removal:
-Corrupt
-(Swamp based damage)
-Damnation
GL, HF!

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 13:08

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Like it. But if you want to overrun for the win. Filth and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth.

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 16:37

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An interesting combo, however I would not like to risk giving my opponents boosted mana if I get out my Gauntlet of Power

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 17:31

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Just play Urborg to end the game.

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Posted 07 November 2013 at 16:55

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I hate to break it to you but you can't run Crypt Ghast in this deck... The extort cost has a white mana symbol in the text, but you could replace it for Nirkana Revenant if you still want the double black mana.

Best of Luck to you!

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 16:42

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extort doesnt prevent you from using it in a mono color deck bro

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 16:51

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Hmmm, that rule is interesting. You can never break the color identity, ever, except extort of course. You're right, I admit that, but I think that rule needs to be edited. That's not edh.

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 17:28

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It appears you are right, thank you, I did not realize that it was the case for the whole card, and not just the CMC

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 17:34

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As much as I would claim to be right, Wizards ruled that since the w/b symbol is in the reminder text, not the actual ability text, extort has no color identity. This was because of remained text on Trinisphere so the card wouldn't be limited to black.

It looks as we have informed each other on random rules. :P

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 17:39

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Extort is allowed because the hybrid cost is only in the reminder text.
It's janky but considering the lack of really powerful extort cards I think they wanted it to be more flexible really only pontiff of blight is relevant in the format.

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 17:40

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Again, thanks for the help, it was a little confusing.

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Posted 06 November 2013 at 17:42

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WHAT THE HECK IS EDH!?

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Posted 14 November 2013 at 18:08

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EDH stands for Elder dragon highlander ( A.K.A commander) it's a format where you build a 100 card deck containing no more than 1 copy of anything other than basic lands that is built around teh color identity of a legendary creature that is known as the commander of the deck. essentially, it's played the same as a normal game save for you start with 40 life, there's a different way of taking a mulligan, and if you take 21 or more points of damage from your opponent's commander, you lose. anyone got something else to add on the matter that i may have missed?

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Posted 14 November 2013 at 18:46

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How do u play your commander

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Posted 14 November 2013 at 19:33

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ahh, right command zone, knew i was forgetting something, the commander is in a seperate zone of teh field until you cast it, the first casting is the normal price, then you add 2 generic to teh mana cost for each time it's died ( IE, marrow gnawer would cost 5 the first time, then it's cost 7 if it died) when a commander dies, if memory serves, you can put it back in teh command zone or to the graveyard, though i may be wrong on this point.

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Posted 14 November 2013 at 19:41

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Can the cards be from any legality?

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Posted 15 November 2013 at 00:50

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there's a small list of banned and restricted cards for edh/commander, i don't got a link, but i know one that's on the restricted list last time i heard ( kokusho, the evening star) essentially, anything in the restricted list is a no go as commander but can be part of the rest of the deck, here are my two if you want to see a couple other edh decks without having to search
http://www.mtgvault.com/pyrothos/decks/jund-judgement/
http://www.mtgvault.com/pyrothos/decks/momir-vig-notso-simic-edh/
in my experience, edh is a interesting and somewhat challenging format to play and i highly reccomend at least trying it if you haven't played a game before ( just make sure to look up the rules to make sure you've got them).

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Posted 15 November 2013 at 01:33

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Mikaeous the Unhallowed is worth consideration. Makes your rats much more resilient.

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Posted 29 November 2013 at 01:24

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