Bubonic Plague (Relentless Rat Edition)
Modern
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Updates —Jan. 18, 2014
The last few cards needed to actually complete the list as posted are coming in the mail from trades. Man those Damnations were hard to get.
Slight Ramp Jan 5 2014 Added two Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx.
mateobadajoz2 says... #3
See what i did, i changed a little bit the land pool
Take a look -> Rats
December 17, 2013 7 a.m.
MindAblaze says... #4
Lead the Stampede seems like it would be nice to follow up a Damnation with. I'd probably run it over Doubling Chant simply for the cost.
December 17, 2013 6:55 p.m.
25+1s and quite a few good suggestions in the first couple days. Thank you guys.
December 18, 2013 12:52 a.m.
could use some lands you always want to hit at least 4 mana
December 18, 2013 4:58 p.m.
I have been playing against your deck for a while. It seems to have a weakness to planeswalkers and token generators.
My Elspeth, Sun's Champion singlehandly won.
December 18, 2013 5:22 p.m.
I am going to update this decklist when work is less crazy.
December 19, 2013 10:42 p.m.
Ok I have finally made some revisions based on some peoples obversations and my play testing of the deck several times. I have decided to add in Pack Rat for the slight extra speed. I have decided to add in Maelstrom Pulse . I noticed the suggestion for Abrupt Decay and Hero's Downfall . I feel like Maelstrom Pulse would be a better card since it does essentially the exact same thing as both of the other cards except that it can wipe the field of what I am destroying. I have taken out 2 Forest s for 2 more Swarmyard s. The extra green mana was not being put to the best use so I thought that functionally this land setup would work better.
I liked the idea of Concordant Crossroads but this deck is supposed to use modern legal cards and that card would be pretty expensive.
I also thought that Lead the Stampede was pretty cool but I threw in Doubling Chant as a game ender and I think it does a better job at that despite the high mana cost.
December 21, 2013 10:50 a.m.
megamastergamer says... #14
Since you are able to put out a ton of rats, I would recommend Triumph of the Hordes So you will be able to overwhelm any defending creature with trample and most likely kill the player with infects.
December 21, 2013 3:12 p.m.
I would definitely get some dredge in here. It would be much more potent. I'd suggest Life from the Loam .
December 22, 2013 10:56 p.m.
Jp3ngu1nb0y I am not saying its a bad idea to put dredge in there but could you explain your thought process for me please?
December 22, 2013 11:15 p.m.
Dropping a Bloodbond March with 10+ rats in the yard would be crazy. A few Eternal Witness just incase you lose them and bam.
December 22, 2013 11:19 p.m.
I like that. I will have to give it some thought as to what I would take out to accommodate that.
December 23, 2013 12:14 a.m.
-2 Elixir of Immortality
-3 Pack Rat
-1 Damnation
-1 Maelstrom Pulse
+3 Life from the Loam
+2 Thoughtseize
+2 Stinkweed Imp
How I'd start, anyway.
December 23, 2013 12:31 a.m.
I like what Pack Rat is doing and Elixir of Immortality is my response to my metas mill decks. I could move elixir to the side deck though.
December 23, 2013 1:50 a.m.
Some Draw would be good, possibly Underworld Connections ,, there's probably better draw than that, possibly Graveborn Muse . I think Liliana of the Dark Realms seems good where she thins your deck every turn while providing a stream of mana. Whip of Erebos has inevitability, ensuring your rats go the distance,, making combat ridiculous. I really like Pack Rat in this deck.... converting useless lands into rats.
December 23, 2013 1:41 p.m.
Liliana of the Dark Realms was not something i thought of initially. It would combo nice with Pack Rat though.
December 23, 2013 3:44 p.m.
I like the thought of the Mutavault but rather then focusing on the Pack Rat I am thinking of going in a more ramp direction.
December 25, 2013 4:53 p.m.
I want to find something that is cheap mana wise that will give all my rats swampwalk possibly till end of turn.
jjdiddy65 says... #1
Coat of Arms ?
December 17, 2013 3:14 a.m.