Ratatouille by Loubnasty

Format: Commander

Commander: Marrow-Gnawer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black Rat typal swarm and aristocrats strategy led by Marrow-Gnawer. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost Rats such as Rat Colony, Pack Rat, and Lord Skitter, Sewer King during early turns to establish an initial board presence. Once Marrow-Gnawer enters on turn 5 and untaps on turn 6, its tap ability exponentially multiplies the Rat count while granting fear to bypass non-black, non-artifact blockers. The deck can close out games through overwhelming combat damage or assemble a two-card infinite combo by equipping Marrow-Gnawer with Thornbite Staff. High-impact asymmetric sweepers like Swarmyard Massacre and Crippling Fear clear opposing boards while keeping the Rat horde intact. Aristocrat payoffs like Zulaport Cutthroat and The Meathook Massacre drain opponents as Rats are sacrificed or traded in combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Big Apple, 3 a.m.
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Crypt Rats
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Disentomb
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Butcher
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nezumi Graverobber // Nighteyes the Desecrator
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Pack Rat
  • 1 Persistent Marshstalker
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 1 Plague of Vermin
  • 1 Rancid Rats
  • 7 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 1 Ratcatcher
  • 1 Revenge of the Rats
  • 1 Rush of Dread
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stoneforge Masterwork
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 27 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thornplate Intimidator
  • 1 Typhoid Rats
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Voracious Vermin
  • 1 Wave of Rats
  • 1 Wick's Patrol
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat