Raton by RinLoch

Format: Commander

Commander: Ratonhnhaké꞉ton

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a highly synergistic Esper Equipment-Reanimator strategy helmed by Ratonhnhak ton. The primary game plan revolves around filling the graveyard with massive, high-mana-value Equipment and using the commander's combat damage trigger to cheat them directly onto the battlefield attached to 1/1 Assassin tokens. By bypassing the exorbitant casting and equip costs of cards like Kaldra Compleat, Argentum Armor, and Meteor Sword, the deck generates overwhelming board presence and combat inevitability. The deck relies heavily on looting and entomb effects to set up its graveyard engine, functioning almost like a combo-control deck that pivots into a relentless midrange beatdown. Secondary win conditions include taking infinite or extra turns via Genji Glove and Helm of the Host synergies, or utilizing Vorpal Sword as a late-game mana sink to eliminate players outright.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Access Tunnel
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Aettir and Priwen
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ancient Excavation
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Argentum Armor
• 1 Arm-Mounted Anchor
• 1 Avarice Amulet
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Brass Knuckles
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Citizen's Crowbar
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Deconstruction Hammer
• 1 Desolate Mire
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Divine Reckoning
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Entomb
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fact or Fiction
• 1 Faithful Mending
• 1 Far Traveler
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Fireshrieker
• 1 Flicker of Fate
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Genji Glove
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Goldmire Bridge
• 1 Goldvein Pick
• 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
• 1 Helm of the Host
• 6 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Justiciar's Portal
• 1 Kaldra Compleat
• 1 Key to the City
• 1 Leyline Axe
• 1 Lively Dirge
• 1 Loyal Inventor
• 1 Manriki-Gusari
• 1 Mask of Memory
• 1 Mask of the Schemer
• 1 Meteor Sword
• 1 Momentary Blink
• 1 Morbid Curiosity
• 1 One with the Machine
• 1 Parting Gust
• 1 Phantom Blade
• 1 Piko Piko Hammer
• 5 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Prowler's Helm
• 1 Puresteel Paladin
• 1 Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
• 1 Razortide Bridge
• 1 River Kelpie
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Sauron's Ransom
• 1 Sigarda's Aid
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Slaughter the Strong
• 1 Smelting Vat
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Starfall Invocation
• 1 Steelshaper's Gift
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1 Sword of the Animist
• 1 Tainted Field
• 1 Tainted Isle
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz
• 1 Thopter Foundry
• 1 Traverse Eternity
• 1 Vorpal Sword
• 1 Whispersilk Cloak