The Rats

by kamacauser on 18 March 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Artifacts (5)


Enchantments (2)


Sideboard (15 cards)

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Deck Description

game one flood them with rats game two board out relentless rats and go into black devotion

Deck Tags

  • Rats
  • Mono Black
  • Devotion
  • Modern

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for The Rats

Not modern but good with rats is "Desperate Research " lol

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Posted 18 March 2014 at 17:24

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yeah :) that seems pretty good

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Posted 18 March 2014 at 17:28

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An Ogre Slumlord would be a great addition, not only would your rats have deathtouch, but everytime another non-token creature dies, you get more rat tokens to boost your Swarm.

My suggestion is:
-3x Relentless Rats ( 12 I feel is more than enough)
+2x Ogre Slumlord ( To give all your rats deathtouch)
+1x Ultimate Price ( You can always use removal in a mono black deck)

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Posted 18 March 2014 at 17:55

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Maybe Marrow-Gnawer as well. Gives Rats fear and also has the awesome "{T}, Sacrifice a Rat: Put X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is the number of Rats you control." OUCH.

But I do agree about Slumlord. At least find room for him; I'd probably prioritize him over Marrow-Gnawer if you have to pick just one.

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Posted 18 March 2014 at 18:01

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alright got it thank you

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Posted 18 March 2014 at 20:12

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might want to look into some more efficient removal spells, possibly victim of night or dismember. hero's downfall is good in standard but there are better options in modern. Ogre slumlord seems not very good here, the deathtouch is cute but 5 mana is alot for a dude that immediately dies to a bolt.

As far as boarding into devotion you can do better than specter and underworld connections. If you want similar devotion pumps that have better staying power look into geralf's messenger to replace the specters and phyrexian areas to replace the underworld connections.

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Posted 18 March 2014 at 20:21

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ok i couldn't think of any as i was making it

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Posted 19 March 2014 at 12:31

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I would run a few Swarmyard lands mainboard insted of nykthos for game 1

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Posted 19 March 2014 at 00:19

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alright thank you

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Posted 19 March 2014 at 12:39

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I love Relentless Rat decks.
Give my deck a look and tell me what you think.
http://www.mtgvault.com/jerzeydevyl/decks/relentless-rats/

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Posted 19 March 2014 at 01:46

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this looks like a cool deck, the only thing i would be curious about is whats out once you no longer have cards in your hand. but it looks like it might have the steam.

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Posted 19 March 2014 at 07:17

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that's what i was thinking

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Posted 19 March 2014 at 12:41

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Maybe Lab Rats so you always have something to spend your mana on and always have rats (in the attic)

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Posted 19 March 2014 at 19:30

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This deck is hilarious. The idea of going into mono-black devotion after they sideboard in all of their boardwipes could be really disruptive. I'd like to know how effective the deck is one the sideboard has gone in. Also, I was also concerned about card draw. Without a Phyrexian Arena, the deck burns its hand quick. Especially when Aether Vial gets going. Love to hear more about how it plays if you get the chance!

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Posted 25 March 2014 at 18:43

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it played pretty well, i lost to jund, mill and pod... but i did semi- well against america control it does need to be tweeked but i am currently only working on three other moderns and an edh so i wont have money to work on this for a bit

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Posted 25 March 2014 at 19:42

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your deck is well thought out, please check out mine if you can http://www.mtgvault.com/macattack907/decks/cataclysmic-cornucopia/ thank you.

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Posted 28 March 2014 at 19:40

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http://www.mtgvault.com/simicmartin35/decks/microdeck-zoo/

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Posted 29 March 2014 at 23:20

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can you check out my latest deck? i just threw it together, not sure how it will do, but still needs tweaking! thanks http://www.mtgvault.com/macattack907/decks/underworld-destruction/

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Posted 01 May 2014 at 05:29

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