Magic - Casual The Black Death (Rats) - Page 2

Dannyalcatraz · 4th August 2008, 07:29 AM

Infinite Hourglass might also be of use, though its no less a double-edged sword than Coat of Arms. It is cheaper, though.

http://magiccards.info/5e/en/378.html

There is also an artifact called Volrath's Laboratory that would let you add even more rats to the mix...albeit expensive generic ones.

http://magiccards.info/sh/en/136.html

Meanwhile, Volrath's Stronghold would let you recycle your rats- useful if you just lost one of your nastier ones.

http://magiccards.info/sh/en/137.html

For giggles, you could add Snake Basket. Snakes love to eat rats, after all, and its Cobras would be nearly as useful as additional rats- especially if you've got Infinite Hourglass or Coat of Arms out. (Compare that 1 mana for a single 1/1 critter to Volrath's cost of 5 for a 2/2.)

http://magiccards.info/6e/en/311.html

Another potentially useful giggle card? Phyrexian Dreadnought.

http://magiccards.info/mr/en/280.html

Aus_Snow · 4th August 2008, 07:58 AM

A more expensive (in terms of CC) alternative to Volrath's Lab is Riptide Replicator. I like the flexibility of choosing the amount of mana (as well as critter type of course.) Anyway, it's another option, for better or worse.

Dannyalcatraz · 4th August 2008, 08:24 AM

One from after my time as an active player: Cryptic Gateway. That would let you use rats in play almost like land to get other rats out of your hand.

http://magiccards.info/on/en/306.html

Dannyalcatraz · 5th August 2008, 07:42 AM

FWIW, these searches I did probably show you most of the rats in the game:

http://magiccards.info/query/cards/370135.html
http://magiccards.info/query/cards/370147.html

**el-remmen** · 5th August 2008, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dannyalcatraz

FWIW, these searches I did probably show you most of the rats in the game:

http://magiccards.info/query/cards/370135.html
http://magiccards.info/query/cards/370147.html

Thanks!

I am still trying to get my hand on 4 Swarm of Rats from Portal - but I had not seen some of those other Rat cards.

Runestar · 5th August 2008, 02:50 PM

Extinction is really going to wreck havoc with this deck...

**el-remmen** · 5th August 2008, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Runestar

Extinction is really going to wreck havoc with this deck...

It has never been my deck-building philosophy to worry too much about any one particular card. What are the chances someone will have it in their deck? And it is not like anyone (I know) plays with sideboards outside of tournaments.

Runestar · 5th August 2008, 03:29 PM

True. If that is not an issue for you, than disregard what I said.

6e had this 2 mana, 1/1 rat which caused the opponent to discard a card when it came into play. Not too shabby, IMO.

Dannyalcatraz · 5th August 2008, 07:51 PM

In my local environment, I played or saw played all kinds of decks built around a single type (possibly 2 kinds) of critter- Kobolds, Goblins, Mermen, Birds, Knights, Angels, Slivers, Thrulls, Minions, Elves, Rats, Snakes, Cats, Squirrels, Zombies- the list goes on.

And I'm just about the only person who played Extinction (casual or tournament) or seemed to sideboard against it. Why? I couldn't say.

Aus_Snow · 7th August 2008, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Runestar

True. If that is not an issue for you, than disregard what I said.

6e had this 2 mana, 1/1 rat which caused the opponent to discard a card when it came into play. Not too shabby, IMO.

Ravenous Rats, originally from Urza's Destiny (though it might've come from Portal/Starter/whatever before that, can't remember.) They've seen a good amount of tournament and casual use, and that's not surprising.