RATS by Zerramox

Format: Commander

Creator: Zerramox

Commander: Marrow-Gnawer

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Marrow-Gnawer commands a mono-black kindred aggressive swarm deck centered on twenty-one copies of Rat Colony. The primary strategy swarms the board with cheap, rapidly scaling Rats, then uses Marrow-Gnawer to grant evasion via fear while doubling token counts every turn. Massive combat damage quickly overruns opponents, bolstered by tribal lords like Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm and explosive ripple chains via Thrumming Stone. Alternatively, the deck achieves an instant win through infinite Rat tokens and infinite death triggers by combining Marrow-Gnawer with Thornbite Staff. Blood-drain outlets such as Ayara, First of Locthwain and Gruesome Fate easily bypass combat entirely.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Gnat Miser
  • 1 Gruesome Fate
  • 1 Haunted One
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Locket of Yesterdays
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Mirror Box
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Pack Rat
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 21 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Secret Salvage
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skullsnatcher
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 28 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Village Rites