New Untitled Deck by FeGreenDoc

Format: Commander

Commander: Marrow-Gnawer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 62

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive mono-black combo and tribal aristocrats deck led by Marrow-Gnawer. Its primary win condition pairs Marrow-Gnawer with Thornbite Staff alongside two other Rats to generate infinite 1/1 Rat tokens and unbounded death triggers. When combined with drain outlets like Ayara, First of Locthwain, Blood Artist, or The Meathook Massacre, this loop eliminates all opponents in a single turn. Backed by a dense suite of fast mana—including Dark Ritual, Chrome Mox, and Mana Vault—and premier black tutors, the deck reliably achieves critical assembly by Turn 4. Beyond its combo lines, the list exerts severe proactive control through Contamination, locking non-black mana bases while sustaining itself on disposable Rat tokens. If the commander is disrupted, secondary routes powered by Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm provide crushing combat scaling with minimal delay. The strategy demands careful navigation around instant-speed removal before the loop begins, but offers overwhelming speed and resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Contamination
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nezumi Graverobber // Nighteyes the Desecrator
  • 1 Nezumi Informant
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Pack Rat
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Refurbished Familiar
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 24 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat