New Untitled Deck by nervoustaurus

Format: Commander

Commander: Totentanz, Swarm Piper

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Rakdos Rat tribal and aristocrats engine commanded by Totentanz, Swarm Piper. The strategy revolves around deploying efficient nontoken Rats and utility creatures that replace themselves with 1/1 Rat creature tokens whenever they die. The deck leverages sacrifice outlets like Goblin Bombardment and Ashnod's Altar alongside drain engines such as Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Bastion of Remembrance, and Mirkwood Bats to burn down opponents from multiple angles. Alternatively, it can overrun the table through combat using tribal anthem multipliers like Shared Animosity, Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm, and Marrow-Gnawer. Massive token surges from Song of Totentanz and Plague of Vermin offer explosive closing potential. While the deck boasts high creature redundancy and strong resilience against traditional destroy sweepers, it lacks generic tutors, counterspells, and exile protection, making it reliant on continuous natural card draw and proactive pressure to secure victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
• 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
• 1 Ashnod's Altar
• 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1 Bastion of Remembrance
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blightbelly Rat
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodline Bidding
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Bontu's Monument
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Culling the Weak
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Dictate of Erebos
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Goblin Bombardment
• 1 Grave Pact
• 1 Harried Spearguard
• 1 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Impact Tremors
• 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
• 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
• 1 Lord Skitter's Butcher
• 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1 Marionette Apprentice
• 1 Marrow-Gnawer
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 9 Mountain
• 1 Mudflat Village
• 1 Nadier's Nightblade
• 1 Ogre Chitterlord
• 1 Ogre Slumlord
• 1 Oversold Cemetery
• 1 Pack Rat
• 1 Persistent Marshstalker
• 1 Piper of the Swarm
• 1 Plague of Vermin
• 1 Plumb the Forbidden
• 1 Raid Bombardment
• 1 Rakdos Carnarium
• 3 Rat Colony
• 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
• 1 Rat King, Verminister
• 1 Rat Out
• 1 Ratcatcher Trainee // Pest Problem
• 1 Redcap Gutter-Dweller
• 2 Relentless Rats
• 1 Shared Animosity
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Song of Totentanz
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 13 Swamp
• 1 Swarm of Rats
• 1 Swarmyard
• 1 Swarmyard Massacre
• 1 Tainted Peak
• 1 Tangled Colony
• 1 Tattered Ratter
• 1 Terminate
• 1 The Meathook Massacre
• 1 Totentanz, Swarm Piper
• 1 Twisted Sewer-Witch
• 1 Vampiric Rites
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Voracious Vermin
• 1 Witty Roastmaster
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat