Not The Rats!

Pauper EDH Deathtouch Indestructible Lifelink Mono-Black

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Artifact (25)

• 1x Altar of the Pantheon
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bonder's Ornament
• 1x Bumbleflower's Sharepot
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Goblin Firebomb
• 1x Honored Heirloom
• 1x Infernal Idol
• 1x Inherited Envelope
• 1x Lantern of Revealing
• 1x Letter of Acceptance
• 1x Mana Geode
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Network Terminal
• 1x Phyrexian Atlas
• 1x Sol Grail
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Ticket Turbotubes
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Vessel of Endless Rest

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Cartouche of Ambition
• 1x Casting of Bones
• 1x Eternal Thirst
• 1x Fungal Fortitude
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Mark of the Vampire
• 1x Sadistic Glee
• 1x Shade's Form

Instant (25)

• 1x Alchemist's Gift
• 1x Armor of Shadows
• 1x Ashnod's Intervention
• 1x Battle-Rage Blessing
• 1x Butcher's Glee
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Cruel Feeding
• 1x Dark Dabbling
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Feign Death
• 1x Moment of Defiance
• 1x Oblivion's Hunger
• 1x Offer Immortality
• 1x Professor's Warning
• 1x Return to Action
• 1x Rowan's Grim Search
• 1x Rush of Vitality
• 1x Scales of Shale
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Supernatural Stamina
• 1x Toxin Analysis
• 1x Undying Evil
• 1x Undying Malice
• 1x Unexpected Fangs
• 1x Without Weakness

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Cannibalize
• 1x Diresight
• 1x Eaten Alive
• 1x Essence Infusion
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Pointed Discussion
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Unearth

Land (30)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Hidden Necropolis
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Peat Bog
• 23x Swamp
• 1x The Dross Pits
• 1x Witch's Cottage

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When you're building Pauper Commander and want to take on the world with only one creature in the deck. Focus of the deck is to hold up a boatload of mana for your Crypt Rats as combat deterrent, only to spend it at the end of the turn cycle. While you lack creatures, you'll make up for it by having every trick in the book to keep your commander on the field. Two key abilities to exploit would be Lifelink and Deathtouch. Giving the rats lifelink and dumping 5 mana while everyone else has about 3 creatures on board nets you 65 life. The rats with Deathtouch just gives you instant speed Damnation for 1 mana. Not a deck for making allies, because who wants to play against Life Drain x Pestilence in the command zone? Some potential downsides of the deck, besides getting singled out for your archenemy status, would be running out of cards, hard to kill creatures, and commander damage/infect. You'll be playing a lot of cards that don't add to the board so being overran when you're short on mana is a real possibility and creatures that won't die to damage or can be easily brought back can't be dealt with by your commander. You'll be able to heal most damage, but not commander or infect. Lots of good choices for MVC, but I'd probably go with Rush of Vitality or Battle-Rage Blessing (Offer Immortality) as your best draw. Finally, if playing purely for fun and not the win, consider adding cards like Tainted Strike. You'll all go down together simply because you decided to spend 14 mana throughout that game.

Date added	2 weeks
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Pauper EDH legal.
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.23
Tokens	Blood, Clue, Food, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You