AWWWWWW RATS by user6496817

Format: Commander

Commander: Rat King, Verminister

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This mono-black Rat tribal deck is helmed by Rat King, Verminister, a low-cost commander that generates token rats and can mass-recur any creature card (most importantly Relentless Rats) from the graveyard. The core strategy is to flood the battlefield with 30 copies of Relentless Rats, leveraging Thrumming Stone to chain them into play, then overwhelm opponents with an ever-growing army buffed by lords like Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm and Marrow-Gnawer. The deck has no infinite combos; it wins through combat damage, with Valley Rotcaller providing additional drain. Recursion spells like Bloodline Bidding, Echoing Return, and Secret Salvage ensure the rat horde can rebuild after wipes. The commander's recursion ability is a powerful backup but not essential to the plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
• 1 Bloodline Bidding
• 1 Bontu's Monument
• 1 Charcoal Diamond
• 1 Crashing Drawbridge
• 1 Crypt Rats
• 1 Culling the Weak
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Echoing Return
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Jet Medallion
• 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
• 1 Kindred Dominance
• 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
• 1 Marrow-Gnawer
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Ogre Slumlord
• 1 Pack Rat
• 1 Piper of the Swarm
• 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
• 1 Rat King, Verminister
• 1 Ratcatcher
• 30 Relentless Rats
• 1 Rhystic Tutor
• 1 Secret Salvage
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Species Specialist
• 35 Swamp
• 1 Swarmyard
• 1 Thrumming Stone
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Valley Rotcaller
• 1 Withering Torment