Rat-Pack by Scytho

Format: Commander

Commander: Marrow-Gnawer

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a black Rat-tribal swarm deck built around Marrow-Gnawer. The commander converts any rat sacrifice into a large pile of 1/1 tokens and gives all Rats fear, creating an unblockable army. Karumonix, the Rat King is the hidden finisher: once he is on board, each connecting rat also delivers a poison counter, so a ten-rat swing kills all three opponents. Secondary paths are drain via Foul-Tongue Shriek/Gruesome Fate, mass recursion via Patriarch's Bidding/Revenge of the Rats, and theft through Piper of the Swarm. The deck has no true combo; it wins by overwhelming token count. Both Nezumi Graverobber and Tribute to Horobi are useful modal DFCs, but the deck is not built around either face.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Chittering Witch
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Crypt Rats
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Foul-Tongue Shriek
  • 1 Gnawing Vermin
  • 1 Gruesome Fate
  • 1 Haunted One
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Butcher
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nezumi Graverobber // Nighteyes the Desecrator
  • 1 Nezumi Prowler
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Pack Rat
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Pestilence Rats
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 1 Rancid Rats
  • 8 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat Out
  • 1 Ratcatcher
  • 1 Ravenous Rats
  • 1 Revenge of the Rats
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 30 Swamp
  • 1 Swarm of Rats
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Sword of the Squeak
  • 1 Tangled Colony
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Tribute to Horobi // Echo of Death's Wail
  • 1 Typhoid Rats
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Voracious Vermin
  • 1 Wave of Rats
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble