11/5/2023 0 Comments Pack rat magic![]() Greasefang, Okiba Boss is a great support in any vehicle deck thanks to its ability to brings it back from the graveyard. Giving all your vehicles menace can turn a decent boardstate into a serious threat to your opponents, and that’s exactly what Nezumi Road Captain guarantees. The back side of this saga is the important part here. Okiba Reckoner Raid / Nezumi Road Captain Trample and blitz plus the ability to return it to the battlefield if it dealt damage to a player are a great mix of abilities to put pressure onto an opponent while also drawing cards. Wave of Rats stands out because of how aggressive its abilities are compared to other rats. Luckily black has tons of ways to turn that into an advantage (or at least mitigate the damage), so this card can be a fun addition to your black decks. The main disadvantage of Rotting Rats is that it makes every player discard, including you. Reducing your opponents’ hand limit by two can make a more interesting difference when it comes to hurting their play, so it earns a higher spot. Locust Miser is basically a slightly stronger version of Gnat Miser. I’m not saying it’d be a good deck, but this card can make for some fun strategies in more casual decks. You could technically build an EDH deck where every creature save the commander is just Relentless Rats. Typhoid Rats is a perfectly decent blocker for your early turns. ![]() Typhoid RatsĪ 1/1 with deathtouch for a single black mana is always a great filler for any deck. Nezumi Bladeblesser is at its best if you control both an enchantment and an artifact, but it’s still worth it when you just have one of them. Neon Dynasty had a strong focus on equipped and enchanted creatures with cards that benefited your modified creatures, and cards that benefited from them. Its landfall ability also allows you to use this ability twice most turns. Scrib Nibblers’ ability is a decent way to consistently remove a card from the top of an opponent’s library every turn. It’s a good filler card to ensure some combat tricks and lifegain thanks to its ninjutsu. There’s not much to say about Mukotai Ambusher. Having skulk with a low attack makes it basically unblockable while having deathtouch with a high defense can make for an amazing blocker. Rancid Rats can be a great card if you manage to raise its defense. This card is still good and useful, but it’d be better if its ability was at instant speed. Sacrifice outlets are some of the most useful things a deck can have, and discarding from an opponent’s hand is a great way to increase the pressure. The main issue with Nezumi Bone-Reader is that its ability can only be used as a sorcery. Its regenerate ability lets you attack or block without having to worry too much. Kuro's Taken can be a decent filler card. Kuro’s Takenīushido was a controversial ability back in its time because of the weird and unfun board states it created. Reducing all your opponents’ hand limits by one isn’t the strongest ability, but it’s a fun and original way to annoy your opponents and give them some disadvantages. I like Gnat Miser for its highly specific ability. The ability to exile a card from a graveyard can be pretty useful, and a 1/1 with deathtouch is always a decent early drop. Most rats are great expendable creatures, and Ruin Rat is proof of it. There are quite a few rats that have effects that focus on rat swarms by giving them advantages when you have more rats in play, or allowing you to have any number of the same card in your deck. Most rats have low mana values and aren’t particularly powerful. A handful are Rakdos ( ), and there are just one each in Dimir ( ) and in Orzhov ( ). ![]() There are around 70 cards with the rat creature type, and they’re almost all mono black. Rat is a creature type in Magic that’s been around since the very first set. Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm | Illustration by Christina Kraus
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