4 Ravenous Rats
4 Swarm of Rats
4 Chittering Rats
4 Nezumi Cutthroat
4 Nezumi Graverobber
2 Nezumi Ronin
4 Nezumi Shortfang
4 AEther Vial
4 Devour in Shadow
4 Night's Whisper
22 Swamp |
 Rats
without Honor.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
 This
deck is really straightforward. Play Rats. Use Rats. Win with Rats. It
isn't even all that hard, usually. The power level of these guys really
shows through – especially in the case of Nezumi Shortfang (the only
Rare in the deck). Aether Vial helps this deck a lot with the crowded
mana curve. With a Vial sitting on 2 or 3, you can effectively double
you mana, allowing to use the abilities of Shortfang or the Graverobber,
or leave mana open for a Devour in Shadow.
It is amazing how this deck doesn't run out of steam. It
doesn't have a ton of land, which works well with the card drawing from
Night's Whisper. This equals a steady stream of stuff to do. You won't
always be activating your Aether Vials every turn, but when you do you
will be glad to have them.
Tips on playing the deck:
- You can activate Nezumi Shortfang even if they have 0 cards in hand in
order to flip it.
- I recommend keeping your Aether Vial on 2, unless you have a bunch of
three-drops in your hand.
- You can also trick people with Aether Vial and Nezumi Shortfang. They
might go down to 1 card, and you can put him into play on their end step
and then activate the ability, hitting the last card on your turn.
- Spend the early game playing your beatdown guys. It is better to save
your Ravenous Rats for when they only have a few cards in hand…you will
hit better ones that way…but for Chittering Rats it doesn't matter – just
get him out there.
Adding Money to the Deck:
Chrome Moxes! This deck really wants Chrome Moxes! Luckily they aren't
really that expensive on Magic Online. I could have even included a couple
without going over-budget, but I thought it better to mention it here.
Other discard spells like Persecute would make a fine compliment to the
discard. Shizo, Death's Storehouse would be really nice to include for
your flip creatures once they are legendary. One thing that I would really
want to have access to is some ways to remove an enchantment like Night of
Souls' Betrayal. Oblivion Stone is probably your best bet, but I would
just keep it in the sideboard for when you need it. |
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