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Commander

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Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Whenever Totentanz or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."
: Target attacking Rat you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock Bard
Totentanz, Swarm Piper (woe) 216

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2nd Commander

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Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
Whenever Ashcoat attacks or blocks, other Rats you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Rats you control.
At the beginning of your end step, you may mill four cards. If you do, return up to two Rat creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Rat Warlock
Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm (pza) 6
Karumonix, the Rat King
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
Other Rats you control have toxic 1.
When Karumonix enters, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of Rat cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Rat Phyrexian
Karumonix, the Rat King (one) 98
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
Whenever another Rat you control enters, exile up to one target card from an opponent's graveyard.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."
Legendary Creature - Rat Noble
Lord Skitter, Sewer King (woe) 97
Marrow-Gnawer
All Rats have fear.
, Sacrifice a Rat: Create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens, where X is the number of Rats you control.
Legendary Creature - Rat Rogue
Marrow-Gnawer (blc) 79
Rat King, Pale Piper
Menace
Whenever Rat King or another nontoken creature you control leaves the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token.
, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Avatar Rat
Rat King, Pale Piper (tmc) 19

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Anthem

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Ogre Slumlord
Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may create a 1/1 black Rat creature token.
Rats you control have deathtouch.
Creature - Rogue Ogre
Ogre Slumlord (blc) 186
Piper of the Swarm
Rats you control have menace.
,
: Create a 1/1 black Rat creature token.
,
, Sacrifice three Rats: Gain control of target creature.
Creature - Human Warlock
Piper of the Swarm (afc) 106
Shared Animosity
Whenever a creature you control attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking creature that shares a creature type with it.
Enchantment
Shared Animosity (lcc) 231
Tattered Ratter
Whenever a Rat you control becomes blocked, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Creature - Human Peasant
Tattered Ratter (woe) 152

Anthem

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Burn

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Impact Tremors
Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Enchantment
Impact Tremors (fdn) 717
Mirkwood Bats
Flying
Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Bat
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 95
Raid Bombardment
Whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less attacks, this enchantment deals 1 damage to the player or planeswalker that creature is attacking.
Enchantment
Raid Bombardment (uma) 142
Valley Rotcaller
Menace
Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of other Squirrels, Bats, Lizards, and Rats you control.
Creature - Squirrel Warlock
Valley Rotcaller (blb) 119

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Draw

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Corrupted Conviction
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Corrupted Conviction (otj) 84
Deadly Dispute
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Deadly Dispute (tdc) 177
Idol of Oblivion
: Draw a card. Activate only if you created a token this turn.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi creature token.
Artifact
Idol of Oblivion (tdc) 319
Massacre Girl, Known Killer
Menace
Creatures you control have wither. (They deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, if its toughness was less than 1, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Massacre Girl, Known Killer (ecc) 79
Morbid Opportunist
Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Human Rogue
Morbid Opportunist (soc) 219
Skullclamp
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Skullclamp (tdc) 103
Stargaze
Look at twice X cards from the top of your library. Put X cards from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose X life.
Sorcery
Stargaze (soa) 34
Village Rites
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Village Rites (inr) 137

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Land

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Blood Crypt
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Blood Crypt (pecl) 262p
Bloodfell Caves
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Bloodfell Caves (tdm) 250
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (msc) 233
Dragonskull Summit
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dragonskull Summit (msc) 238
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (msc) 241
Fabled Passage
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.
Land
Fabled Passage (msc) 242
Foreboding Ruins
As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Foreboding Ruins (msc) 244
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (trk) 323
Mudflat Village
: Add
.
: Add
. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Return target Bat, Lizard, Rat, or Squirrel card from your graveyard to your hand.
Land
Mudflat Village (blb) 257
Phyrexian Tower
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Legendary Land
Phyrexian Tower (mh3) 303
Razortrap Gorge
This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Razortrap Gorge (dsk) 267
Realm of Koh
This land enters tapped unless you control a basic land.
: Add
.
,
: Create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token with "This token can't block or be blocked by non-Spirit creatures."
Land
Realm of Koh (tla) 276
Smoldering Marsh
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Smoldering Marsh (msc) 266
Sulfurous Mire
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Snow Land - Swamp Mountain
Sulfurous Mire (khm) 270
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (trk) 321
Swarmyard
: Add
.
: Regenerate target Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
Land
Swarmyard (blc) 133
Temple of Malice
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Malice (fdn) 701

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (tdc) 105
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Jet Medallion (plst) TMP-292
The Soul Stone
Indestructible
: Add
.
,
, Exile a creature you control: Harness The Soul Stone. (Once harnessed, its ∞ ability is active.)
∞ — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Artifact - Infinity Stone
The Soul Stone (spm) 66

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Rat

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Burglar Rat
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.
Creature - Rat
Burglar Rat (fdn) 170
Elephant-Rat
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Creature - Rat Elephant
Elephant-Rat (tle) 228
Engine Rat
Deathtouch
: Each opponent loses 2 life.
Creature - Rat Zombie
Engine Rat (dft) 84
Lord Skitter's Butcher
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."
• You may sacrifice another creature. If you do, scry 2, then draw a card.
• Creatures you control gain menace until end of turn.
Creature - Rat Peasant
Lord Skitter's Butcher (woe) 99
Nezumi Cutthroat
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
This creature can't block.
Creature - Warrior Rat
Nezumi Cutthroat (a25) 99
Nezumi Linkbreaker
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "
: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."
Creature - Rat Warlock
Nezumi Linkbreaker (otj) 96
Nezumi Prowler
Ninjutsu
(
, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
When this creature enters, target creature you control gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Rat Ninja
Nezumi Prowler (neo) 116
Pack Rat
Pack Rat's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Rats you control.
, Discard a card: Create a token that's a copy of this creature.
Creature - Rat
Pack Rat (rvr) 455
Persistent Marshstalker
This creature gets +1/+0 for each other Rat you control.
Threshold — Whenever you attack with one or more Rats, if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may pay
. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.
Creature - Rat Berserker
Persistent Marshstalker (blb) 104
Pestilence Rats
Pestilence Rats's power is equal to the number of other Rats on the battlefield. (For example, as long as there are two other Rats on the battlefield, Pestilence Rats's power and toughness are 2/3.)
Creature - Rat
Pestilence Rats (ice) 157
Ruin Rat
Deathtouch
When this creature dies, exile target card from an opponent's graveyard.
Creature - Rat
Ruin Rat (plst) HOU-75
Skullsnatcher
Ninjutsu
(
, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile up to two target cards from that player's graveyard.
Creature - Rat Ninja
Skullsnatcher (plst) BOK-84
Swarm of Rats
Swarm of Rats's power is equal to the number of Rats you control.
Creature - Rat
Swarm of Rats (plst) P02-89
Tangled Colony
This creature can't block.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token can't block," where X is the amount of damage dealt to it this turn.
Creature - Rat
Tangled Colony (woe) 113
Typhoid Rats
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Creature - Rat
Typhoid Rats (j25) 497
Undercity Dire Rat
Rat Tail — When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Rat
Undercity Dire Rat (fin) 123
Voracious Vermin
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."
Whenever another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Rat
Voracious Vermin (woe) 116

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Recursion

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Bloodline Bidding
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Choose a creature type. Return all creature cards of the chosen type from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Bloodline Bidding (ecl) 91
Grave Researcher
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Troll Warlock
Grave Researcher // Reanimate (sos) 85
Persist
Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
Sorcery
Persist (ecc) 83
Unbury
Choose one —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Return two target creature cards that share a creature type from your graveyard to your hand.
Instant
Unbury (ecl) 123
Victimize
Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.
Sorcery
Victimize (tdc) 198

Recursion

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Removal

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Bedevil
Destroy target artifact, creature, or planeswalker.
Instant
Bedevil (ncc) 331
Blasphemous Act
This spell costs
less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.
Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (msc) 163
Chaos Warp
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
Instant
Chaos Warp (msc) 164
Feed the Swarm
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (tdc) 180
Flare of Malice
You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.
Instant
Flare of Malice (mh3) 408
Grave Pact
Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Enchantment
Grave Pact (cmm) 165
Smallpox
Each player loses 1 life, discards a card, sacrifices a creature of their choice, then sacrifices a land of their choice.
Sorcery
Smallpox (soa) 33
Volcanic Salvo
This spell costs
less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.
Volcanic Salvo deals 6 damage to each of up to two target creatures and/or planeswalkers.
Sorcery
Volcanic Salvo (soc) 259

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Sac Outlet

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Ashnod's Altar
Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
Goblin Bombardment
Sacrifice a creature: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.
Enchantment
Goblin Bombardment (mh2) 279
Redcap Gutter-Dweller
Menace
When this creature enters, create two 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token can't block."
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
Creature - Goblin Warrior
Redcap Gutter-Dweller (fdn) 631
Viscera Seer
Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Creature - Wizard Vampire
Viscera Seer (soc) 229

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Tokens

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Experimental Confectioner
When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Food, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."
Creature - Human Peasant
Experimental Confectioner (woe) 314
Ogre Chitterlord
Menace
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create two 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token can't block." Then if you control five or more Rats, each Rat you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Ogre
Ogre Chitterlord (woe) 319
Old Flitterfang
Flying
At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Old Flitterfang gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Rat Faerie
Old Flitterfang (woe) 316
Scavenger's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever one or more creatures you control die, create a Food token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: Level 2
Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, target player mills two cards.
: Level 3
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice three other nonland permanents. If you do, return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it.
Enchantment - Class
Scavenger's Talent (blb) 111
Song of Totentanz
Create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token can't block." Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Sorcery
Song of Totentanz (woe) 150

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Sideboard

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Bog Rats
This creature can't be blocked by Walls.
Creature - Rat
Bog Rats (6ed) 117
Burnt Offering
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add X mana in any combination of
and/or
, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value.
Instant
Burnt Offering (ice) 116
Hellhole Rats
Haste
When this creature enters, target player discards a card. This creature deals damage to that player equal to that card's mana value.
Creature - Rat
Hellhole Rats (dis) 113
Ravenous Rats
When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card.
Creature - Rat
Ravenous Rats (gvl) 37
Talisman of Indulgence
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (msc) 220
Wave of Rats
Trample
When this creature dies, if it dealt combat damage to a player this turn, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Blitz
(If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
Creature - Rat
Wave of Rats (ncc) 41
Within Range
When this enchantment enters, create two 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens.
Whenever you attack, each opponent loses life equal to the number of creatures attacking them.
Enchantment
Within Range (tdc) 32

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{"ops":[{"insert":"Mono-black rat aristocrats with rakdos elements. Play rats, sacrifice rats, make rats, then play rats from the graveyard. Lot's of 1-2 mana rats, along with every powerful rat creature available. Some life gain via food. Plenty of removal focused on sacrificing creatures. Good card draw engines, Idol of Oblivion and Skullclamp can get you 3 cards a turn. Lastly Grave Researcher and Oversold Cemetery are some solid recursion pieces. \n"}]}
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