Hey guys c: I wanted to get some advice on how I should build this deck. Here is what I have so far. I am going for rat creatures and flavor with the exception of our ogre friends. Each person in my playgroup is making a tribal deck with singleton limitations. I am open to any suggestions and would love if you guys could share any cards that have rats in the art or have a rats flavor text. Thanks in advance!
I think you can go a few different routes with this. The first is a relentless rats deck, where you'll be playing mostly only relentless rats. That's fun and all, but You won't get to really abuse the flavor of the deck and variety of rats available.
I really like Ogre Slumlord and Ratcatcher. Pack Rat is argueably one of the best rats and just a good card in general, I recommend running four of those. You could also run Pox, Smallpox, and Pestilence since those are on flavor with being disease based. I also recommend Swarmyard If you can find them. Very good flavor!
Most importantly though, have fun!
EDIT: Just realized you said singleton limitations and no ogres. If that's the case I recommend a lot of graveyard recursion, sacrifice and discard! It's blacks strongest feature and easily abused with rats.
Sword of the Meek, go Martin the Warrior on this? (Mice, rats, meh.)
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You can run any number of Relentless Rats, even in Singleton. Read the second sentence on the card. It overrules any other deck construction rules in a format. My commander deck has over 40 of them...
EDIT: If you want to keep with the spirit of Singleton though and not be "cheap" like that, consider Pack Rat. That card is just busted. Crypt Rats is also very strong, much better version of Infected Vermin. And Chittering Rats, one of the MVP's from Pauper. Evasive rats like Razortooth Rats would help enable Ninjitsu on your other guys.
Pestilence seems very flavorful. And it's also just a great way to control the board. Contagion too.
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I really like Ogre Slumlord and Ratcatcher. Pack Rat is argueably one of the best rats and just a good card in general, I recommend running four of those. You could also run Pox, Smallpox, and Pestilence since those are on flavor with being disease based. I also recommend Swarmyard If you can find them. Very good flavor!
Most importantly though, have fun!
EDIT: Just realized you said singleton limitations and no ogres. If that's the case I recommend a lot of graveyard recursion, sacrifice and discard! It's blacks strongest feature and easily abused with rats.
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--Buck v Bell, 1927. This case, regarding the compulsory sterilization of inmates at mental institutions, has -- somehow -- never been overturned. Just a wee PSA for ya.
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You can run any number of Relentless Rats, even in Singleton. Read the second sentence on the card. It overrules any other deck construction rules in a format. My commander deck has over 40 of them...
EDIT: If you want to keep with the spirit of Singleton though and not be "cheap" like that, consider Pack Rat. That card is just busted. Crypt Rats is also very strong, much better version of Infected Vermin. And Chittering Rats, one of the MVP's from Pauper. Evasive rats like Razortooth Rats would help enable Ninjitsu on your other guys.
Pestilence seems very flavorful. And it's also just a great way to control the board. Contagion too.
For playability beyond just the flavor, you probably want some recursion. Phyrexian Reclamation, Death Denied, Urborg Uprising, Nim Deathmantle, or something like that. Card draw is also good: Sign in Blood, Read the Bones, and/or Phyrexian Arena? Unfortunately I can't think of rat-appropriate ones. But you want your deck to be able to play smoothly too, not just have cool rat pictures, right?
Maybe you could play the Graf Rats+Midnight Scavengers duo?