Rat King 2 (copy) by GODLy_ASSASS1N

Format: Commander

Commander: Rat King, Verminister

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This mono-black deck is a synergistic Rat tribal and aristocrat swarm strategy helmed by Rat King, Verminister. The deck's primary plan establishes early board presence through low-cost rodents such as Rat Colony, Relentless Rats, and token generators like Lord Skitter, Sewer King, continually growing the commander and generating disposable 1/1 Rat tokens via the Disappear mechanic. As the graveyard fills through sacrifice outlets, card draw engines like Skullclamp, and Buried Alive, the commander provides explosive reanimation bursts to flood the battlefield with identical Rats. The deck pivots rapidly into decisive lethality around Turn 6 by deploying exponential swarm multipliers such as Marrow-Gnawer, Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm, or Coat of Arms, or by converting raw life totals into lethal drain waves with Plague of Vermin and Ayara, First of Locthwain or Mirkwood Bats. Supported by asymmetric creature suppression via Dictate of Erebos and utility protection from Swarmyard, the deck delivers relentless pressure across both combat and drain axes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Big Apple, 3 a.m.
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Blightbelly Rat
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Experimental Confectioner
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 God-Eternal Bontu
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Ichor Rats
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Blessing
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Pack Rat
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plague of Vermin
  • 4 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 3 Relentless Rats
  • 1 Revenge of the Rats
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Splinter, the Mentor
  • 23 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Squeak
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Twisted Sewer-Witch
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
  • 1 Whip of Erebos