Rats That Explode

by MrBarrelRoll on 01 September 2010

Main Deck (60 cards)

Creatures (25)


Sorceries (4)


Artifacts (4)


Enchantments (4)

Sideboard (9 cards)

Artifacts (4)

Land (5)

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Deck Description

A fairly standard relentless rats deck with a twist: Mortal Combat! Great if your opponent is playing Wrath of God effects, since that'll pretty much hand you the win.

Or if for some reason you can't kill them with your swarm of giant super-powered rats (your opponent is playing a control-lock deck of some sort) then turn that Maelstrom Pulse on your own Rats and watch your opponent's heads explode when you win anyways!

Deck Tags

  • Fun

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

006204

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Rats That Explode

wow. this is actually a really clever and kinda humiliating way to kill someone. nice job.

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Posted 01 September 2010 at 21:32

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Impressive! i like it!

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Posted 01 September 2010 at 21:35

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Awsome I love it.

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Posted 01 September 2010 at 21:43

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My only worry is that with the Ripple 4 you might get out additional copies of Mortal Combat, in which case you would win multiple games at the same time, causing the fabric of space-time to rip apart, catapulting yourself into a dark land of unknown horrors and also NO CHEESECAKE because in the Plane of Unspeakable Evil it hasn't been invented yet and it never will be.

WHICH SUCKS CAUSE I LIKE CHEESECAKE.

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Posted 01 September 2010 at 21:47

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this makes me hard, just saying

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Posted 02 September 2010 at 00:22

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Seems good.
Hate to see ya get hit by a Haunting Echoes or another remove-all-cards-with-the-same-name-as-spell. Guess there will be no disturbance of space and time, and the universe as we know it ( or think we do ) won't collapse this time.

Feel free to help out with my "Nissa Revane's Sliver Circus" Experiment :)

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Posted 11 September 2010 at 08:14

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I feel like the only defense against that would be Mindlock Orb, but I would need a splash of blue for that...

Possible sideboard of 4 Mindlock Orb, 4-6 islands, and some Misty Rainforest to fetch either blue or green?

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Posted 02 February 2011 at 17:21

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HA. Fantastic. Dude you've got some good decks, just went through a bunch and they seems pretty creative

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Posted 25 January 2011 at 11:28

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This.. is awesome... mind explosion.

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Posted 29 January 2011 at 08:25

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Awesome. I like seeing deals that win in a not so normal way :)
I too have made a not so normal Relentless Rats deck using Bloodbond March :P

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Posted 31 January 2011 at 07:43

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Here's a link to my one if you want to check it out:

Relentless March (Revamped)
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=93797

Relentless Footsteps
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=119736

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Posted 31 January 2011 at 13:32

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awesome! never thought I'd see a deck that wins by sacrificing 25 rats.

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Posted 31 January 2011 at 12:49

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Dude, I love the deck. I have no idea what to suggest for it... everything I know that has massive removal exiles the cards.

Way to think outside the box!

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Posted 31 January 2011 at 18:05

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Nice, Very Nice, like the use of thrumming stones and the twist of mortal combat.
I guess I need to put together my aluren/glimpse of nature rat deck.

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Posted 01 February 2011 at 00:25

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Finally someone makes a Relentless Stone deck that can survive removal (hell, it kills with it!)

I have to show this to my buddy, he loves rats. =]

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Posted 02 February 2011 at 17:31

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But I like Cheesecake!

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Posted 02 February 2011 at 19:06

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Love Thrumming Rats, but this needs a few tutors. You'll have no problem drawing the rats, but if you're missing Thrumming Stone, Mortal Combat, or Maelstrom Pulse, the win condition sort-of falls apart. You can do without Mortal Combat or Maelstrom Pulse, but if you don't draw Thrumming Stone you'll be dropping rats too slowly, hence need the tutor.

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Posted 03 February 2011 at 07:27

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It's an awesome idea. I'm interested to see how it works during actual game play. I also think that you need some tutors to make sure that all the win conditions are there. Buts its a very unique idea.

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Posted 03 February 2011 at 09:03

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Or you could run damnation. That would increase your chance to kill your rats while killing all your opponents creatures at the same time. Puts a little salt in the wound :)

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Posted 03 February 2011 at 09:19

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You should run Demonic tutor, perhaps diabolic also. Add in some Ornithopters and 4 tinkers. Helps to get those rats out early.

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Posted 03 February 2011 at 19:12

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Yay decks that aren't legal in ANY format!

owait

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Posted 03 February 2011 at 19:36

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I agree with Demonic Tutor and Damnation, take green out of the equation.

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Posted 04 February 2011 at 00:27

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or diabolic if you wanted to keep it legal

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Posted 04 February 2011 at 00:29

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I would toss in a few Pithing Needles just as insurance. I had a player play a Shimian Specter on turn two with a Dark Ritual, lets just say my rat deck went down to only lands and a (very) few other cards. I would toss in some Howling Mines too, ables you to draw and toss rats faster, Hell, you could also make it Black and Blue and Traumatize yourself by putting half your deck in your graveyard for Mortal Combat.

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Posted 04 February 2011 at 10:35

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you should get this down to 60 cards

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Posted 04 February 2011 at 15:43

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derp sideboard derp

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Posted 04 February 2011 at 16:15

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lurking predators, perhaps? i always used one in my relentless rats deck. they came out twice as fast, and even though the LP is a six drop, it pays for itself in the end, specially w/ as many rats as you have in this deck.

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Posted 04 February 2011 at 19:12

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Fatality. Flawless Victory.

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Posted 05 February 2011 at 01:13

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MrBarrelRoll,

Love this deck. But I think it could use cards like Glimpse of Natures, Fecundity, or Multani's Presence
You've inspired me to make my own Relentless Rat Deck.
Here's my Alluring rentless rat deck.
Deck link: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=141759

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Posted 06 February 2011 at 01:09

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Rats done RIGHT.

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Posted 06 February 2011 at 02:28

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The ultimate counter to most rat deck killers... I like it!

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Posted 07 February 2011 at 22:28

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What's your counter to Haunting Echoes?

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Posted 10 February 2011 at 12:28

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Conceding ^_^

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Posted 23 October 2011 at 21:52

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I'd be more worried about surgical extraction.
You might want to think about running Damnation.
If for some reason you can't attack your opponent and they aren't wiping the field, you could do it yourself.

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Posted 09 August 2017 at 20:30

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