Epidemic

Commander / EDH*

Talfuin

Creature (35)

• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Burglar Rat
• 1x Carrion Rats
• 1x Chittering Rats
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Disease Carriers
• 1x Diseased Vermin
• 1x Drainpipe Vermin
• 1x Gnat Miser
• 1x Ichor Rats
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Locust Miser
• 1x Nezumi Bone-Reader
• 1x Nezumi Graverobber  ^Flip
• 1x Nezumi Shortfang  ^Flip
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Patron of the Nezumi
• 1x Pestilence Rats
• 1x Rabid Rats
• 1x Rancid Rats
• 1x Rat Colony
• 1x Ratcatcher
• 1x Ravenous Rats
• 1x Rotting Rats
• 1x Ruin Rat
• 1x Scrib Nibblers
• 1x Septic Rats
• 1x Sinuous Vermin
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Swarm of Rats
• 1x Throat Slitter
• 1x Typhoid Rats

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Cannibalize
• 1x Cry of Contrition
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Duress
• 1x Lab Rats
• 1x Mire's Toll
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Plague of Vermin
• 1x Rats' Feast
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Temporal Extortion
• 1x Tendrils of Despair

Land (38)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Strip Mine
• 30x Swamp
• 1x Swarmyard
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Honden of Night's Reach
• 1x Night Dealings
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Instant (3)

• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Terror
• 1x Tragic Slip

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Artifact (5)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Skeleton Key
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Land (1)

• 1x Opal Palace

Creature (4)

• 1x Burglar Rat
• 1x Earsplitting Rats
• 1x Infected Vermin
• 1x Sewer Rats

Instant (1)

• 1x Fated Return

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Profane Command

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Festering Wound

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Hey! Attempting to make a casual-ish Mono-Black Rat Tribal Deck for Commander on a budget. Still want it to be playable and not constantly lose, but I'm not concerned with winning every game or anything. (Bear in mind that the deck doesn't look very budget, but I happen to already own a lot of the more expensive cards, hence their inclusion)

I'm using Marrow-Gnawer as my commander. I've deliberately not used Relentless Rats because I feel it's less fun and goes against the spirit of EDH a bit. And I've also deliberately not gone with the Marrow-Gnawer//Thornbite Staff combo because that just feels unfair.

34 Creatures 38 Basic and non Basic Land 8 Non land sources of Mana 20 Artifacts, Instants, Sorceries and Enchantments

The basic strategy is to use Marrow Gnawer to swarm the field with Rat tokens. The creatures mainly cause opponents to discard cards, direct damage to player and buffs to other Rats. Ratcatcher helps get more rats out on the board and Ogre Slumlord helps makes the rats more deadly and keep the board covered in tokens.

Marrow-Gnawer is also meant to work with Grave Pact. Every time a Rat is sacrificed every other player sacrifices a creature. This also then works well with Patron of the Nezumi which also causes the opponents to lose a life every time aswell.

Artifacts, Instants, Sorceries and Enchantments are mainly used for gaining more mana, tutoring, creature removal, card draw, card discard and creating more Rat tokens

Anyway, take a look and let me know what you think!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	25 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 33 - 0 Commons
Cards	118
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Copy Clone, Rat 1/1 B