Budget Decks: Rat Discard!

by PhyrexianPossum on 02 May 2014

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Deck Description

Inspired by Northy/WarWar! :3

How to Play

Simple: play your discard spells, overwhelm them with rats. Use Vault of the Archangel to help you get ahead on life.

Deck Tags

  • Rats
  • Discard
  • Inspired Deck
  • Budget

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

1603600

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Budget Decks: Rat Discard!

Aww... I would hug the sh** out of you if you were here!
Thank you Possum! A deck you made completely inspired by me? That's what the most truliest friends do, no?
Keep going my French Lady! Go show the world how perfect person you are!

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Posted 02 May 2014 at 07:40

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nice deck, like the idea.

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Posted 06 May 2014 at 07:21

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Another nice deck. Been going through and looking at a few of your decks.

*Snooze* Sorry, woke up from Mind Twist and Persecute. Please consider taking them out. Very slow, slow cards. Mind Twist is banned in Legacy anyways. I bought 4 of them to put in my first discard deck. Even before I did my friend was telling me how overrated Mind Twist was. That it was a God card when Magic was still young...but that it was way too slow for Magic nowadays. I didn't believe him. Spent 20 bucks on 4 Mind Twist. Put them in my deck. Played about 10 games with them...realized that BY THE TIME YOU PLAY MIND TWIST, the opponent's hand should already be emptied by stuff like Funeral Charm, Hymn to Tourach, Blackmail, Duress, etc.
My friend was right. Took them out of the deck, and never used them since.

And, Gnat Miser...maybe I am missing the point...what is he really doing? Just making it to where your opponent can only have 6 cards in his hand? If you are making him discard, almost every turn, he will never have close to 6 cards anyways, right?
Only way i see Gnat Miser being a threat is:
A) You play him the first turn (which will not happen every game)
B) You have 2 or 3 copies of Gnat Miser by Draw 3/Turn 3
If you don't get A) or B)
...then he isn't that great in this deck.

Taking out Gnat Miser, Mind Twist, and Persecute will reduce the deck by 8 dollars.

I would consider some sort of creature hate. For creatures that get through your discard.
Something small like Disfigure (20 cent) would work.
Something large like Mutilate (1.30 each) would work. It would nuke your creatures too though. Awesome in emergencies though.
Deadly Allure (17 cent) could also be used to kill creatures. Attach it to one of your rats!

If you want something like Mind Twist...switch it out with Hymn to Tourach (1.45 a piece). Paying 3 mana to make my opponent discard 2 or paying 2 mana to make my opponent discard 2 cards. No question which one is faster.

Good luck
I enjoyed the deck!

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Posted 28 June 2014 at 23:53

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Gnat Miser is ridiculous for match ups with Brainstorm and other good draw spells.

As for Hymn to Tourach vs Mind Twist... well, which one is banned in Legacy?

And Persecute is good, but high CMC, so I only run one.

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Posted 29 June 2014 at 00:02

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Mind Twist is banned in Legacy.

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Posted 29 June 2014 at 00:50

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I know, I'm saying that means it's more powerful than Hymn. :P

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Posted 29 June 2014 at 00:53

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l.ol
Yes, Mind Twist is very powerful...but very slow.

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Posted 29 June 2014 at 03:26

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/dark ritual

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Posted 29 June 2014 at 03:49

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Friend,
Turn 1. Dark Ritual. Into Duress/Thoughtseize/Blackmail AND THEN Hymn to Tourach/Chain of Smog.
That is 3 cards discarded on first turn.

Turn 1. Dark Ritual. Into Mind Twist.
That is 2 cards discarded on first turn.

The extra one mana to cast Mind Twist could be used on another discard card like Duress.

Not knocking the deck!!
I gave it a like :)

And you aren't even running Dark Ritual, dork!! lol
But it would go good in this deck, as well.

Good luck.

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Posted 29 June 2014 at 04:18

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I'm not running dr because this is supposed to be a budget deck.

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Posted 01 July 2014 at 01:09

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How much are they, nowadays?

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Posted 01 July 2014 at 01:46

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$1-$5

Also not running because they aren't necessary with only 2 mind twists

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Posted 01 July 2014 at 02:04

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Agreed, your mana curve is very low. :)

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Posted 01 July 2014 at 04:36

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