Marrow-Gnawer by bear5134

Format: Commander

Commander: Marrow-Gnawer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 19

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated mono-black Rat tribal strategy led by Marrow-Gnawer. The main game plan establishes a wide board of cheap Rats during the opening turns, deploys the commander to grant fear to the entire team, and exponentially multiplies token counts using his tap ability. Aristocrat pieces such as Blood Artist, Ayara, First of Locthwain, and The Meathook Massacre turn combat trades and sacrificial activations into direct life drain against each opponent. The deck also features an infinite token combo through Thornbite Staff, which untaps Marrow-Gnawer whenever a sacrificed Rat dies. While the deck boasts high internal synergy, heavy discard elements, and strong anti-creature edicts via Grave Pact, it remains vulnerable to sweepers and lacks answers to opposing artifacts, enchantments, and stack interactions.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Chittering Rats
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Crypt Rats
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Death Pits of Rath
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Engine Rat
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Game Over
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Butcher
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Magewright's Stone
  • 1 Malicious Affliction
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Mausoleum Secrets
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nezumi Bladeblesser
  • 1 Nezumi Graverobber // Nighteyes the Desecrator
  • 1 Nezumi Informant
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Pack Rat
  • 1 Persistent Marshstalker
  • 1 Pestilence Rats
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 1 Rancid Rats
  • 1 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 1 Realm of Koh
  • 1 Refurbished Familiar
  • 1 Rotting Rats
  • 1 Ruin Rat
  • 1 Septic Rats
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 30 Swamp
  • 1 Swarm of Rats
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Tangled Colony
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Typhoid Rats
  • 1 Undercity Dire Rat
  • 1 Voracious Vermin
  • 1 Wave of Rats
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat