Rat Deck

by jrc603 on 27 March 2013

Main Deck (62 cards)

Sideboard (11 cards)

Creatures (6)

Sorceries (2)


Artifacts (2)


Enchantments (1)

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How to Play

Goal is for opponent to have no cards in hand the whole game. Through enchantments, opponent discards, which causes them life.

Trying to keep this a budget deck.

Any suggestions at all are greatly appreciated!

Deck Tags

  • Rats
  • Black
  • monocolor
  • nohand
  • Budget
  • Discard
  • Cheap
  • Tribal
  • Fun

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

005600

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Rat Deck

Fun deck theme. Consider Drainpipe vermin and Ravenous rats both cause discard. Discard seems like a better way to go rather than lowering hand size to like 4. His 4 best cards will still get you.
Typhoid rats has deathtouch is usefull against large creatures. also consider Gravepurge bring your rats back again.
Well good luck and have fun.

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Posted 09 May 2013 at 06:17

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My hope is that their hand size becomes 0 and they will only get one chance to play each card. But thanks for the input. I'll look into those cards.

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Posted 09 May 2013 at 15:41

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I would take out Ichor Rats. It's the only thing that does poison damage. You shouldn't mix the 2. Find a different Rat or Marrow-Gnawer or Patron of the Nezumi could be really fun with this deck. Ravenous Rats would be a good addition. Relentless Rats could be fun too.

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Posted 04 June 2013 at 23:14

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COOL idea. I want to see this deck become awesome. I think you're right on track with pack rat and pestilence rats growing as you flood the battlefield with rats and force discard. That theme will be fun to play and effective.

I think that this deck needs to be tightened up a little. Definately take out Ichor Rats. Nezumi graverobber may not be the best choice either, since you likely won't be completely depleting his graveyard. For your purposes, Lili's Caress is functionally better than Megrim. Larceny and Death Wind may not be effective choices; you may just want more Doom Blades, Grasps, Go For The Throats. Ogre Slumlord may be a little too slow for what you're trying to do.

You are playing a theme which wants to set up for the opponent discarding cards with enchantments/creatures that will hurt them, then force discard, all the while attacking with small creatures that grow larger. I'd say you need more of those enchantments, more discard, and some fast mana. I highly suggest the following: DARK RITUAL, THE RACK, Ravenous Rats, Drainpipe Vermin, Hymn to Tourach (extremely effective). You may want to run 2 more plague rats, since it is creature control that adds to your rat total.

Love the idea; I'll be following the deck.

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Posted 05 June 2013 at 07:21

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If your opponent is not playing heavy red/black , a great card for this deck is Balthor the Defiled. In conjunction with Crypt Rats you can clear the board and then bring all your creatures back a turn later for 7 mana. Rat decks have many ways to go -White /Black Crypt Rats -Lashknife Barrier, heavy discard with Rack, Dark Ritual and Nezumi Grave Robber, or rat build up and Balthor or Patriarch Bidding to bring them back. Check out my standard Pack Rat deck. Ravenous Rats is probably the best rat to use in any build.

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Posted 05 June 2013 at 19:45

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