Hi guys, I've been searching how to improve my rats deck.
My idea of this deck was that it was an aggressive deck, but searching in the net, around 80% of the rats decks are focused on discarding the opponent's hand, so I don't know if I should go on with the aggressive idea or change it to discard.
One of the best things about rats is the amount of discard they have stapled onto bodies. If you want to go rat tribal, you're going to have to leverage this fact to be really competitive. I reccomend you use Rotting Rats, Drainpipe Vermin, Nezumi Bone-reader, and Ravenous Rats. The stats on these cards are not the most impressive, but when you discard your opponent's hand and they have little to answer them with, you'll stand a better chance. There's no reason you can't be discard-oriented, AND aggressive.
Since you need to be aggressive, cards like ink-eyes, marrow-gnawer, nezumi cutthroat, and high mana cost creatures like that are too slow. Ratcatcher is also too much of a lategame card in an aggressive deck. In my opinion, you should supplement your low drop creatures with targeted hand disruption, such as Inquisition of Kozilek, Duress, Thoughtseize, Blackmail, Mire's Toll etc. Nykthos is also not that great in this deck, as it doesn't ramp you into much, and you don't have any large X mana cost spells to power out with it.
Since the new plan is to go wide, Adaptive Automaton is looking better, but if you want an anthem effect, why not go with the harder to remove and lower cost Bad Moon?
Ideally, you'd also be running Cavern of Souls too, but I understand avoiding that one. I can't afford it either.
Anyway, I think that's all I have unless you want to splash a color other than black. Green gets you Abrupt Decay, Red gets you Kolaghan's Command, Lightning Bolt, and a few others. Hope I was helpful!
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I like de idea of mixing aggressivity and discarding.
Before thinking about Adaptive Automaton I used Bad Moon but the problem I had is that it buffs enemy's black creatures too, that's why I prefer the first one.
This are the changes I made, what do you think about it?
After a hard time trying to decide what cards change, this is what the deck looks now, I'm gonna test it and maybe change one Marrow-Gnawer and one Swarm of Rats for two Rotting Rats. If this wasn't a budget I'd be running Thoughtseize and Mutavault.
My idea of this deck was that it was an aggressive deck, but searching in the net, around 80% of the rats decks are focused on discarding the opponent's hand, so I don't know if I should go on with the aggressive idea or change it to discard.
What cards would you change and why?
This is my deck:
4 Adaptive Automaton
2 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
2 Marrow-Gnawer
4 Nezumi Cutthroat
4 Pack Rat
3 Ratcatcher
4 Swarm of Rats
2 Throat Slitter
4 Typhoid Rats
3 Sign in Blood
Instants
4 Go for the Throat
2 Tragic Slip
Land
16 Swamp
4 Swarmyard
2 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
I've also put two copies of Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, I don't know if it will work well or not, what do you think?
Since you need to be aggressive, cards like ink-eyes, marrow-gnawer, nezumi cutthroat, and high mana cost creatures like that are too slow. Ratcatcher is also too much of a lategame card in an aggressive deck. In my opinion, you should supplement your low drop creatures with targeted hand disruption, such as Inquisition of Kozilek, Duress, Thoughtseize, Blackmail, Mire's Toll etc. Nykthos is also not that great in this deck, as it doesn't ramp you into much, and you don't have any large X mana cost spells to power out with it.
Since the new plan is to go wide, Adaptive Automaton is looking better, but if you want an anthem effect, why not go with the harder to remove and lower cost Bad Moon?
Ideally, you'd also be running Cavern of Souls too, but I understand avoiding that one. I can't afford it either.
Anyway, I think that's all I have unless you want to splash a color other than black. Green gets you Abrupt Decay, Red gets you Kolaghan's Command, Lightning Bolt, and a few others. Hope I was helpful!
Before thinking about Adaptive Automaton I used Bad Moon but the problem I had is that it buffs enemy's black creatures too, that's why I prefer the first one.
This are the changes I made, what do you think about it?
3 Adaptive Automaton
2 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
2 Marrow-Gnawer
3 Nezumi Cutthroat
2 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
4 Pack Rat
2 Ratcatcher
4 Ravenous Rats
3 Swarm of Rats
2 Throat Slitter
2 Blackmail
3 Duress
3 Sign in Blood
Instants (4)
4 Go for the Throat
Land (21)
17 Swamp
4 Swarmyard
2 Nezumi Shortfang
3 Stronghold Rats
2 Tragic Slip
Whit cards like Raven's Crime, Dakmor Salvage combo, Ravenous Rat, Rotting Rats, Chittering Rats, Duress, Blackmail and The Rack and Shrieking Affliction. Nezumi Shortfang as Rack nine and ten.
Pack Rat as the second Wincon, and Swarmyard for protection.
Hand control and a Swarm of Rats.
I like.
I like Shrieking Affliction, Nezumi Shortfang and The Rack
After a hard time trying to decide what cards change, this is what the deck looks now, I'm gonna test it and maybe change one Marrow-Gnawer and one Swarm of Rats for two Rotting Rats. If this wasn't a budget I'd be running Thoughtseize and Mutavault.
2 Adaptive Automaton
2 Nezumi Shortfang
2 Marrow-Gnawer
4 Chittering Rats
4 Pack Rat
4 Ravenous Rats
3 Swarm of Rats
4 Duress
3 Sign in Blood
Instants (4)
4 Go for the Throat
Artifacts(4)
4 The Rack
Enchantment(4)
4 Shrieking Affliction
Land (20)
16 Swamp
4 Swarmyard
3 Stronghold Rats
2 Tragic Slip
2 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
3 Nezumi Cutthroat
2 Rotting Rats
P.S: I wanna see that mono black rogues deck
I've changed Marrow-Gnawer for Rotting Rats and Swarm of Rats for Typhoid Rats.
Also I've moved Adaptive Automaton to the sideboard and put Bad moon on his place.
I'll test it on XMage and report the results
Your rogues deck seems so fun to play, I like it.
2 Nezumi Shortfang
2 Rotting Rats
4 Chittering Rats
4 Pack Rat
4 Ravenous Rats
2 Typhoid Rats
Sorceries (8)
2 Duress
2 Blackmail
2 Wrench Mind
2 Read the bones
4 Go for the Throat
Artifacts(4)
4 The Rack
Enchantment(6)
4 Shrieking Affliction
2 Bad moon
Land (20)
16 Swamp
4 Swarmyard
2 Adaptive Automaton
3 Extirpate
2 Pithing needle
4 Bile Blight
2 Ghost Quarter
2 Relic of Progenitus