relentless rats

by Lord_ouriel on 30 August 2010

Main Deck (60 cards)

Creatures (24)


Sorceries (8)

Instants (4)


Artifacts (4)


Land (20)

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relentless rats

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

Deck discussion for relentless rats

no relentless rats deck should not have thrumming stone

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Posted 30 August 2010 at 17:18

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i second that.

also, coat of arms etc. are completely pointless here, as the rats already give themselves the +1/+1 bonus. adding to this is just redundant and basically a "win more" card and won't help you win games you couldn't win already. take them out and replace them with acceleration/utility and you'll thank me for a deck that's actually competitive.

3x thrumming stone (4 is not necessary)
3x unearth (frankly disgustingly powerful card in this deck. pump your creatures and get a creature for one mana. yes please)
2x doom blade (you need some way of getting their flying creatures or fatties)
2x cruel edict (just in case they're playing black)
2x Damnation (to reset the board if you encounter something nasty)
2x sign in blood (speeds you up to account for the cards in your deck that aren't rats... can also be used as a finisher to get those last 2 points of damage)
2x demonic tutor (basically functions as all cards at once. win-win)
24x relentless rats (i think on balance, 24 is a good number)
20x lands of your choice.

that should be a pretty powerful deck. more than half your non-land cards are relentless rats which means you'll get full value from your thrumming stones. should cascade through them nicely.

but you also have some sizable and threatening board control with black's cheap removal spells, good draw and unrivaled tutoring power. obviously the numbers of cards can be tweaked around but i think there's a strong skeleton there for tweaking. you certainly don't need any of that coat of arms rubbish. 5 mana for something the rats already do? lol useless.

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Posted 30 August 2010 at 17:56

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Totally agree, though i would SB the Cruel Edict, dont bother with the tutor because you should run a pretty consistent deck if you are playing rats, so you should run 3-4x everything (besides relentless rats and swamp of course) ending with

3x thrumming stone
3x unearth
4x doom blade or cruel edict
3x door of destinies
3x sign in blood
24 relentless rats
20 swamps

you dont have to worry much on mana since you average on 2 - 4 as your range so i felt a 1: 3 mana ration was good enough

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Posted 30 August 2010 at 19:40

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swarmyard is a must have for this deck, you can use it to attack each turn without minding your opponents power, also i would try cover of darkness, or perhaps dark ritual

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Posted 07 February 2011 at 14:57

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i really like this deck, thrumming stone is a ridiculous card for rat decks, and honestly the only reason not to have it for mine is its way too hard to find one besides online. honestly, id throw in 2 marrow-gnawers for this deck just to give all your rats fear, makes any relentless rats deck ridiculously o-p
check my rat deck, my red/green elemental (vigorous hostility), or my w/b levels please, id appreciate ur comments on them as well

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Posted 30 March 2011 at 14:27

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