Rat Kingdom Come by user1606393

Format: Commander

Commander: Rat King, Verminister

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This mono-black swarm deck leverages a critical mass of 30 Rat Colony cards to overwhelm opponents with scaling combat power and aristocrat synergies. Commanded by Rat King, Verminister, the deck builds an early board of scaling threats while using cost reducers like Jet Medallion and Bontu's Monument to accelerate deployment. The primary game plan centers on finding and casting Thrumming Stone, which ripples through the library to cheat dozens of Rat Colony cards into play in a single turn. Evasion enablers such as Marrow-Gnawer, Cover of Darkness, and Piper of the Swarm ensure the massive swarm connects for lethal combat damage across all opponents. In addition to combat, the deck contains an infinite token combo with Marrow-Gnawer and Thornbite Staff, as well as heavy recursion via Echoing Return, Bloodline Bidding, and the commander's mass-reanimation ability to shrug off opposing sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Big Apple, 3 a.m.
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Pack Rat
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 30 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 19 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 War Room