Plague of Rats by user3104777

Format: Commander

Commander: Karumonix, the Rat King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black tribal aggro strategy piloted by Karumonix, the Rat King. It leverages extreme functional redundancy by running 25 copies of Rat Colony. On Turn 2, the deck deploys a Rat Colony, followed by Karumonix on Turn 3 to dig for additional Rats and grant toxic 1 to the entire board. In the mid-game, the deck multiplies its board presence through cost reducers, mass recursion spells like Patriarch's Bidding, and explosive payoff artifacts such as Thrumming Stone and Coat of Arms. Combat damage and toxic counters combine to pressure life totals rapidly, closing games between Turn 6 and Turn 7. While the deck boasts high redundancy and straightforward engine recovery, its 1-toughness creatures remain vulnerable to board sweepers and lack answers to non-creature permanent types.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
• 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1 Blightbelly Rat
• 1 Bontu's Monument
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Chronicle of Victory
• 1 Coat of Arms
• 1 Cover of Darkness
• 1 Crypt Ghast
• 1 Crypt Rats
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Darkness
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Defile
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Drown in Ichor
• 1 Filth
• 1 Forever Young
• 1 Foul-Tongue Shriek
• 1 Glistening Sphere
• 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1 Haunted One
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Ichor Rats
• 1 Infectious Inquiry
• 1 Jet Medallion
• 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
• 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
• 1 Marrow-Gnawer
• 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1 Nyx Lotus
• 1 Pack Rat
• 1 Patriarch's Bidding
• 1 Phyresis Outbreak
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 1 Piper of the Swarm
• 1 Plague of Vermin
• 1 Rancid Rats
• 25 Rat Colony
• 1 Rat King, Verminister
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Species Specialist
• 25 Swamp
• 1 Tangled Colony
• 1 Three Tree City
• 1 Thrumming Stone
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Valley Rotcaller
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vraska's Fall
• 1 Whip of Erebos