Marrow-Gnawer v4 by Markamus0415

Format: Commander

Commander: Marrow-Gnawer

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Mono-Black Rat tribal deck helmed by Marrow-Gnawer, built around generating an overwhelming Rat token swarm and converting it into a win through sacrifice-based combos. The primary game plan is to flood the board with Rats, then use Marrow-Gnawer's activated ability alongside Phyrexian Altar to generate infinite mana and infinite Rats, finishing through Altar of Dementia (mill), Blasting Station (damage), or Crypt Rats (X damage to all). The deck also supports a deep recursion package (Buried Alive, Reanimate, Victimize, Necromancy, Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist) and a combat plan with Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm and Patchwork Banner pumping the swarm. Secondary wins include poison via Ichor Rats/Karumonix, the Rat King and drain via Valley Rotcaller.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Big Apple, 3 a.m.
  • 1 Blasting Station
  • 1 Blightbelly Rat
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Chittering Witch
  • 1 Crypt Rats
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Eldrazi Monument
  • 1 Engine Rat
  • 1 Extinction Event
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Ichor Rats
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Butcher
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
  • 1 Nezumi Graverobber // Nighteyes the Desecrator
  • 1 Nezumi Informant
  • 1 Nezumi Shortfang // Stabwhisker the Odious
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Pack Rat
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Pharika's Libation
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 1 Rancid Rats
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 1 Ratcatcher
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 24 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Tangled Colony
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tunnel Rats
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Voracious Vermin
  • 1 Wail of the Nim
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist