What are some card suggestions and synergies you would recommend for a deck like this? I'm especially curious about blue and white cards that would work well with Relentless Rats.
I would love some more feedback on this, I really want to make this deck happen, here are some ideas I had after doing some more research:
Ogre Slumlord seems like a solid inclusion, he discourages blocking of our Relentless Rats and offers tokens whenever our rats or other creatures die. Marrow-Gnawer seems like a card worth running for similar reasons.
Swarmyard is an obvious inclusion that helps keep our rats from dying.
Rally the Ancestors is a solid reanimation mass ability when used in tandem with a haste enabler or a sacrifice outlet.
Retraced Image is cute, although I worry it may be too low impact, but it allows us to play a Relentless Rats for U instead of 1BB and perhaps if we're lucky it will allow us to cheat a basic land into play.
Twinning Glass is another cute spell that allows us to play rats for less their their regular value. With enough card advantage spells it may be worth running, although 4 mana to cast it initially is a little high.
I don't need a ton of cards that work specifically well with the rats. After all, I'd imagine I'd run about 30 or so rats, about 40 lands, and 15 or 20 spells that are removal/permission/advantage. That being said, I do want the deck to fit some theme rather then just be generic good stuff.
What do you see Oloro bringing to the table outside his colors? How about Ertai, the Corrupted, some counter power without having to spend other slots. Discourage boardwipes etc?
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I suggest a way to get your rats airborn to help against fliers. Ive used Levitation to great effect in my zombie decks for manu years! Cool idea tho man. I would to get my hands on a set of Rats to brew with.
Edit: Hmm this makes me want to brew up a 5 color rats deck quick google search turned up no list for 5 color rats edh deck so i might start brewing this up.
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic is such an interesting and powerful commander but usually he's seen in combo and control based lists. I think he could work in a mid range aggro deck. Blue gives us Sphinx of the Chimes card draw and powerful counter magic. White offers Remembrance, True Conviction and Immortal Servitude as well as powerful board wipes we can bounce back from with mass reanimation spells like Patriarch's Bidding and Living Death.
What are some card suggestions and synergies you would recommend for a deck like this? I'm especially curious about blue and white cards that would work well with Relentless Rats.
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
Ogre Slumlord seems like a solid inclusion, he discourages blocking of our Relentless Rats and offers tokens whenever our rats or other creatures die. Marrow-Gnawer seems like a card worth running for similar reasons.
Swarmyard is an obvious inclusion that helps keep our rats from dying.
Akroma's Memorial is great in any aggro deck and combos well with Thrumming Stone.
Mogis's Marauder is great enabler after a reanimation effect like Immortal Servitude
Rally the Ancestors is a solid reanimation mass ability when used in tandem with a haste enabler or a sacrifice outlet.
Retraced Image is cute, although I worry it may be too low impact, but it allows us to play a Relentless Rats for U instead of 1BB and perhaps if we're lucky it will allow us to cheat a basic land into play.
Twinning Glass is another cute spell that allows us to play rats for less their their regular value. With enough card advantage spells it may be worth running, although 4 mana to cast it initially is a little high.
I don't need a ton of cards that work specifically well with the rats. After all, I'd imagine I'd run about 30 or so rats, about 40 lands, and 15 or 20 spells that are removal/permission/advantage. That being said, I do want the deck to fit some theme rather then just be generic good stuff.
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
Edit: Hmm this makes me want to brew up a 5 color rats deck quick google search turned up no list for 5 color rats edh deck so i might start brewing this up.