Rats by Itsjusthightree

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm pilots a mono-black rat horde that wins by overwhelming combat. The primary plan is to flood the board with cheap rats, mana reducers, and token generators, then use Ashcoat's attack trigger to turn a wide board into +X/+X lethal damage. Secondary plans include Marrow-Gnawer's fear and token explosion (optionally with Thornbite Staff), Pack Rat/Rat Colony beats, and incidental life loss from Valley Rotcaller and Bontu's Monument. The commander also functions as a graveyard recruiter, milling four at end step to return key Rats to hand. A hidden commander is Marrow-Gnawer, which can create the critical mass that Ashcoat pumps.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
• 1 Banner of Kinship
• 1 Beseech the Queen
• 1 Big Apple, 3 a.m.
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Bontu's Monument
• 1 Burglar Rat
• 1 Cover of Darkness
• 1 Crippling Fear
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Engine Rat
• 1 Fatal Push
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fountainport Bell
• 1 Gnat Miser
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Jet Medallion
• 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
• 1 Kindred Dominance
• 1 Lord Skitter's Butcher
• 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
• 1 Marrow-Gnawer
• 1 Mudflat Village
• 1 Nezumi Informant
• 1 Ogre Slumlord
• 1 Pack Rat
• 1 Patchwork Banner
• 1 Persistent Marshstalker
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 1 Piper of the Swarm
• 1 Plague of Vermin
• 1 Rancid Rats
• 16 Rat Colony
• 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
• 1 Rat King, Verminister
• 1 Rat Out
• 1 Ratcatcher
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Revenge of the Rats
• 1 Ruin Rat
• 1 Ruthless Negotiation
• 1 Sign in Blood
• 1 Species Specialist
• 1 Stronghold Rats
• 30 Swamp
• 1 Swarmyard
• 1 Swarmyard Massacre
• 1 Tangled Colony
• 1 The Darkness Crystal
• 1 Thornbite Staff
• 1 Three Tree City
• 1 Tragic Slip
• 1 Valley Rotcaller
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Voracious Vermin