Wick Rats by Invent0rT0m

Format: Commander

Commander: Wick, the Whorled Mind

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Grixis tribal swarm strategy led by Wick, the Whorled Mind, powered by 34 copies of Rat Colony. The core game plan focuses on deploying early mana ramp and establishing Wick alongside multiple Rats to grow an enormous Snail token. The deck's primary win condition revolves around resolving Thrumming Stone on turn 5, which ripples through the library to cascade dozens of Rat Colonies directly onto the battlefield. This creates an immediate lethal board state of 20+ power attackers and a giant Snail. Wick can then sacrifice the Snail for {U}{B}{R} to deal massive direct damage to each opponent while refilling the hand with 20+ cards. Backup plans feature Marrow-Gnawer to multiply the swarm and provide evasion, Valley Rotcaller for direct life drain, and Kindred Discovery for relentless card advantage. While the deck boasts extreme functional redundancy and rapid lethal potential, its heavy reliance on 1-toughness creatures leaves it vulnerable to mass board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Apple, 3 a.m.
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conspiracy
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Leyline of Transformation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 34 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vren, the Relentless
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wick, the Whorled Mind
  • 1 Withering Torment