Rats by azanimator2003

Format: Commander

Commander: Rat King, Verminister

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

Rat King, Verminister commands a relentless mono-black tribal aggro-combo engine fueled by 25 copies of Rat Colony. The deck leverages extreme threat redundancy to flood the board with scaling attackers, supported by cost reducers like Jet Medallion and Bontu's Monument. Its primary critical onset occurs on Turn 5 through Thrumming Stone, which ripples through the library to cast dozens of Rat Colonies in a single turn, or via tribal force multipliers like Marrow-Gnawer and Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm that grant evasion and exponential stat boosts. Because Rat King, Verminister can tap and sacrifice three Rats to return every card with the same name from the graveyard to the battlefield tapped, board wipes act as temporary setbacks rather than defeats. Backed by explosive draw engines in Skullclamp and Necropotence, and supported by efficient free interaction in Deadly Rollick and Snuff Out, the deck delivers decisive combat finishes by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar's Reap
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Big Apple, 3 a.m.
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Eldrazi Monument
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Nyx Lotus
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Pack Rat
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 25 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 1 Ratcatcher
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 24 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Withering Torment