Big Pile of Rats by Slipknot321123

Format: Commander

Commander: Rat King, Verminister

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck utilizes Rat King, Verminister to lead a relentless swarm of 28 Rat Colony creatures. Fast black mana rituals like Dark Ritual and Culling the Weak power out key enablers ahead of curve. The primary win condition is resolving Thrumming Stone, which ripples almost every Rat Colony from the library directly onto the battlefield in a single explosive turn. Alternatively, Rat King, Verminister acts as a mass reanimator, returning every milled or sacrificed Rat Colony from the graveyard to play simultaneously. A secondary infinite combo of Marrow-Gnawer and Thornbite Staff creates infinite Fear-bearing Rat tokens. Proactive discard spells like Thoughtseize and Grief strip enemy interaction before the combo turn. While the deck is vulnerable to board sweepers during its single turn of summoning sickness, Rat King, Verminister rebuilds the entire army immediately from the graveyard, giving the deck exceptional resilience against removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Come Back Wrong
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Grief
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Jeweled Amulet
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Marrow-Gnawer
  • 1 Mausoleum Secrets
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nezumi Informant
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Piper of the Swarm
  • 28 Rat Colony
  • 1 Rat King, Pale Piper
  • 1 Rat King, Verminister
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rotting Rats
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Songs of the Damned
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Stronghold Rats
  • 17 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Unmask
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold