This deck is currently in limbo as I had to pull some pieces out of it for other decks. It will either be updated down the road, sold, or retooled into a different deck eventually.
How did the relentless rat build work for you? I have been considering making this deck, but I am trying to not go the obvious route. Did you ever look into going that way as well?
I really want to keep this mostly tribal, but I do think Balthor could find a spot in here, as well as possibly Rise, although I'm not a big fan of the cost. But it could be good to snag everyone's creatures.
I've decided to replace Relentless Rats with Rat Colony in order to give the deck a little bit of speed. While Relentless gives you the toughness boost, and isn't susceptible to mass 1 damage effects or -x/-1 spells, being able to pump out Colony faster will hopefully mitigate that. Also has great synergy with Skullclamp.
Added more tribal support cards as well. It is a Rat tribal deck afterall.
I will work on a write up eventually. I want to get this list loaded into MTGO and hopefully get some testing in.
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//Creatures (44):
2 Blood Artist
2 Metallic Mimic
2 Pack Rat
2 Rat Colony (40)
3 Adaptive Automaton
//Artifacts (12):
1 Skull Clamp
1 Sol Ring
2 Jet Medallion
2 Thornbite Staff
3 Bontu's Monument
3 Herald's Horn
3 Door of Destinies
5 Coat of Arms
5 Eldrazi Monument
5 Thrumming Stone
5 Vanquisher's Banner
7 Akroma's Memorial
2 Demonic Tutor
5 Living Death
5 Patriarch's Bidding
7 Kindred Dominance
//Instants (1):
1 Vampiric Tutor
//Enchantments (3):
2 Cover of Darkness
3 Phyrexian Arena
4 Grave Pact
//Lands (35):
0 Cabal Coffers
0 Cabal Stronghold
0 Cavern of Souls
0 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
29 Swamp
0 Swarmyard
0 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
[EDH Non-Primers] Newzuri | Breya
Took out mana doublers and pumps in order to go full in on Thornbite/Thrumming Stone. Added more draw and tutors in order to acquire.
[EDH Non-Primers] Newzuri | Breya
[EDH Non-Primers] Newzuri | Breya
How did the relentless rat build work for you? I have been considering making this deck, but I am trying to not go the obvious route. Did you ever look into going that way as well?
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[RETIRED Primers]:
RW Aurelia, The Warleader --- R Daretti, Scrap Savant --- RUB Thraximundar
The initial build I had thought of only ran 10 Relentless and no Stone, but I never built it so don't know how well it would've worked.
[EDH Non-Primers] Newzuri | Breya
[EDH Non-Primers] Newzuri | Breya
New list up!
[EDH Non-Primers] Newzuri | Breya
Maybe consider Balthor the Defiled as another mass reanimate? Seems like the only one missing at a quick glance!
Also Rise of the Dark Realms
I really want to keep this mostly tribal, but I do think Balthor could find a spot in here, as well as possibly Rise, although I'm not a big fan of the cost. But it could be good to snag everyone's creatures.
[EDH Non-Primers] Newzuri | Breya
I've decided to replace Relentless Rats with Rat Colony in order to give the deck a little bit of speed. While Relentless gives you the toughness boost, and isn't susceptible to mass 1 damage effects or -x/-1 spells, being able to pump out Colony faster will hopefully mitigate that. Also has great synergy with Skullclamp.
Added more tribal support cards as well. It is a Rat tribal deck afterall.
I will work on a write up eventually. I want to get this list loaded into MTGO and hopefully get some testing in.
[EDH Non-Primers] Newzuri | Breya