The Vermintide by user2724879

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a focused mono-black Rat tribal aggressive strategy led by Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm. The primary game plan revolves around rapidly populating the battlefield with cheap Rat creatures during the early turns, establishing Ashcoat on Turn 4 to initiate graveyard value, and attacking on Turn 5 with massive scaling power buffs. The deck leverages tribal force multipliers such as Marrow-Gnawer, Coat of Arms, and Plague of Vermin to overwhelm opponents through combat damage and life-drain synergies from Ayara, First of Locthwain and Bastion of Remembrance. While the deck exhibits high threat redundancy and resilient graveyard reanimation via Bloodline Bidding and Victimize, its interactive capabilities are primarily limited to creature-based removal, leaving it vulnerable to fast spell-based combo strategies and mass exile sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bad Moon
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Chittering Witch
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Death Denied
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Eldrazi Monument
  • 1 Engine Rat
  • 1 Gnat Miser
  • 1 Haunted One
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Infected Vermin
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Locust Miser
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Blessing
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Butcher
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Mukotai Ambusher
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nezumi Graverobber // Nighteyes the Desecrator
  • 1 Nezumi Prowler
  • 1 No Rest for the Wicked
  • 1 Obelisk of Urd
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
  • 1 Old Flitterfang
  • 1 Pack Rat
  • 1 Patron of the Nezumi
  • 1 Persistent Marshstalker
  • 1 Pestilence Rats
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 1 Plague of Vermin
  • 1 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 1 Ratcatcher
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revenge of the Rats
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sinuous Vermin
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Stoneforge Masterwork
  • 28 Swamp
  • 1 Swarm of Rats
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Tangled Colony
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Twisted Sewer-Witch
  • 1 Typhoid Rats
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Voracious Vermin
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wave of Rats
  • 1 Wick's Patrol