In Memory of Plague Rats

Legacy Mono-Black Rats

WickedMainah

Instant (3)

• 3x Dark Ritual

Artifact (2)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Eldrazi Monument

Creature (34)

• 2x Crypt Ghast
• 4x Gnat Miser
• 2x Locust Miser
• 2x Marrow-Gnawer
• 2x Ogre Slumlord
• 4x Pack Rat
• 2x Piper of the Swarm
• 5x Rat Colony
• 4x Ratcatcher
• 3x Swarm of Rats
• 4x Typhoid Rats

Land (21)

• 3x Evolving Wilds
• 10x Swamp
• 4x Swarmyard
• 4x Terramorphic Expanse

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Dark Ritual

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Lab Rats

Creature (3)

• 2x Locust Miser
• 1x Pestilence Rats

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Befoul
• 2x Despoil
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Lab Rats

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Blight
• 1x Brink of Disaster
• 2x Contaminated Ground
• 2x Cursed Land
• 1x Evil Presence

Artifact (2)

• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Golgari Signet

Creature (4)

• 2x Nezumi Shadow-Watcher
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Pestilence Rats

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Rats, rats, and more rats! Hey wait!!! What are you doing to my lands??!!???

Believe it or not, this is actually a 60 card deck! This is so rare for me I just have to brag about it.

I have loved playing Rats (namely Plague Rats) ever since I started playing Magic, way back in Revised / 4th Edition. It wasn't until the Ogre Slumlord came along that a Rat deck became feasible.

I sprinkled in some stuff to mess with lands to try and slow down other non mono-black decks. There are still some cards that will mess with Swamps, but if nothing else, you can always pitch them to make a token copy of Pack Rat.

Pack Rat is the meat of the deck, Marrow-Gnawer is the potatoes, and Ratcatcher is the corn, while the Ogre Slumlord is your favorite beverage, to make a hard to beat meal.

Yes, I know the featured card is a Plague Rat, and none can be found in my deck, but it's spirit is within the deck.

As always, any questions at all; like playing tips, how I play the deck, or even more background on the deck (including previous versions that I made) feel free to ask me.

2020 UPDATE After years (over 7 years) of playing the deck, I finally decided to get real with this and make it a more competitive deck. I took out all the cards that are now in the Maybeboard. I originally messed with lands, and after realizing it was a douche thing to do, I looked to reducing the opponent's maximum hand size. I also previously had ZERO defense for flying creatures: enter Akroma's Memoral and Eldrazi Monument.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 5 - 2 Uncommons 23 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Copy Clone, Rat 1/1 B