F in Rats by user3252839

Format: Commander

Commander: Rat King, Verminister

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This mono-black deck is an aggressive swarm and combo engine commanded by Rat King, Verminister, leveraging 27 copies of Rat Colony to overwhelm opponents. The primary strategy centers on assembling Thrumming Stone by Turn 4 via dark rituals, cost reducers, or tutors, rippling through the library to deploy an unstoppable army of massive Rats. Once assembled, this swarm threatens well over 400 combat damage, closing out the game on Turn 5 after a single response cycle. If the primary ripple plan is disrupted, the deck pivots seamlessly into backup win conditions, including an infinite Rat token loop with Marrow-Gnawer and Thornbite Staff, explosive turns powered by Bolas's Citadel or Peer into the Abyss, and instant-drain finishes via Ayara, First of Locthwain. With mass recursion tools like Echoing Return, Living Death, and the commander's own reanimation ability, the deck shrugs off board wipes and applies relentless, compounding pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 27 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Songs of the Damned
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 20 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor