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Totentanz PDH V2: Rat Colony
Deck Size: 100
Pauper EDH
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Est deck cost: $161.37
Salt sum: 42.94
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Commander

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Totentanz, Swarm Piper

Whenever Totentanz or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block." {1}{B}: Target attacking Rat you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.

Creature
Totentanz, Swarm Piper (woe) 216

Commander

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Life gain

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Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (dsc) 142

Life gain

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Draw

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Altar's Reap

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Altar's Reap (plst) DDR-37
Bushmeat Poacher

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. Draw a card.

Creature
Bushmeat Poacher (plst) GN3-44
Corrupted Conviction

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Corrupted Conviction (otj) 84
Costly Plunder

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Costly Plunder (plst) XLN-96
Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Deadly Dispute (j25) 115
Eviscerator's Insight

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards. Flashback {4}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)

Instant
Eviscerator's Insight (mh3) 93
Fanatical Offering

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Instant
Fanatical Offering (lci) 105
Gibbering Barricade

Defender {2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Gibbering Barricade (dmu) 95
Nasty End

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, draw three cards instead.

Instant
Nasty End (ltr) 99
Reckoner's Bargain

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. You gain life equal to the sacrificed permanent's mana value. Draw two cards.

Instant
Reckoner's Bargain (neo) 120
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
Skulltap

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Skulltap (scg) 73
Soulreaper of Mogis

{2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Soulreaper of Mogis (thb) 115
Spark Reaper

{3}, Sacrifice a creature or planeswalker: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Spark Reaper (scd) 109
Syphon Mind

Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.

Sorcery
Syphon Mind (scd) 111
Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Village Rites (j25) 508
Witch's Cauldron

{1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Artifact
Witch's Cauldron (cmm) 199

Draw

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Sac fodder

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Barrier of Bones

Defender When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Creature
Barrier of Bones (grn) 61
Carrier Thrall

When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Carrier Thrall (cmm) 142
Clockwork Percussionist

Haste When this creature dies, exile the top card of your library. You may play it until the end of your next turn.

Creature Artifact
Clockwork Percussionist (dsk) 130
Doomed Dissenter

When this creature dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Creature
Doomed Dissenter (j25) 425
Goblin Instigator

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Creature
Goblin Instigator (moc) 282
Greedy Freebooter

When this creature dies, scry 1 and create a Treasure token. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom. A Treasure token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Greedy Freebooter (lci) 109
Harried Spearguard

Haste When this creature dies, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

Creature
Harried Spearguard (woe) 135
Haunt of the Dead Marshes

When this creature enters, scry 1. {2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.

Creature
Haunt of the Dead Marshes (ltr) 90
Impulsive Pilferer

When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Encore {3}{R} ({3}{R}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Impulsive Pilferer (otc) 171
Infestation Sage

When this creature dies, create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token with flying.

Creature
Infestation Sage (fdn) 64
Mogg War Marshal

Echo {1}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Creature
Mogg War Marshal (dmr) 131
Nested Shambler

When this creature dies, create X tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens, where X is this creature's power.

Creature
Nested Shambler (blc) 185
Nezumi Linkbreaker

When this creature dies, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "{T}: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."

Creature
Nezumi Linkbreaker (otj) 96
Sanitarium Skeleton

{2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Sanitarium Skeleton (cmr) 148
Shambling Ghast

When this creature dies, choose one — • Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. • Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Shambling Ghast (j25) 124
Snarling Gorehound

Menace Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Snarling Gorehound (mkm) 105
Voldaren Epicure

When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to each opponent. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Creature
Voldaren Epicure (j25) 613

Sac fodder

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Interaction

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Abrade

Choose one — • Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Abrade (fdn) 188
Doom Blade

Destroy target nonblack creature.

Instant
Doom Blade (ima) 87
Explosive Derailment

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Explosive Derailment deals 4 damage to target creature. + {2} — Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Explosive Derailment (otj) 122
Fire Prophecy

Fire Prophecy deals 3 damage to target creature. You may put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library. If you do, draw a card.

Instant
Fire Prophecy (j25) 547
Galvanic Discharge

Choose target creature or planeswalker. You get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {E}. Galvanic Discharge deals that much damage to that permanent.

Instant
Galvanic Discharge (mh3) 122
Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant
Go for the Throat (j25) 447
Heated Debate

This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.) Heated Debate deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Heated Debate (stx) 106
Improvised Club

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Improvised Club deals 4 damage to any target.

Instant
Improvised Club (ltr) 137
Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant
Lightning Bolt (clu) 141
Skred

Skred deals damage to target creature equal to the number of snow permanents you control.

Instant
Skred (plst) CSP-97
Slice from the Shadows

This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.) Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Instant
Slice from the Shadows (mkm) 103
Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terminate (acr) 98
Terror

Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terror (dmr) 103
Torch the Tower

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) Torch the Tower deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If this spell was bargained, instead it deals 3 damage to that permanent and you scry 1. If a permanent dealt damage by Torch the Tower would die this turn, exile it instead.

Instant
Torch the Tower (woe) 153
Victim of Night

Destroy target non-Vampire, non-Werewolf, non-Zombie creature.

Instant
Victim of Night (ddq) 67

Interaction

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Wincon

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Rat Colony

This creature gets +1/+0 for each other Rat you control. A deck can have any number of cards named Rat Colony.

Creature
Rat Colony (mb2) 47

Wincon

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Land

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Ash Barrens

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Land
Ash Barrens (j25) 154
Bloodfell Caves

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Bloodfell Caves (fdn) 259
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (fdc) 3
Jagged Barrens

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Jagged Barrens (otj) 259
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (fdn) 279
Rakdos Carnarium

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Rakdos Carnarium (clu) 243
Razortrap Gorge

This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Razortrap Gorge (dsk) 267
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (fdn) 276

Land

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Sideboard

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Arcum's Astrolabe

({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.) When this artifact enters, draw a card. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Arcum's Astrolabe (plst) MH1-220
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
Blood Tithe

Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Blood Tithe (m11) 84
Bog Initiate

{1}: Add {B}.

Creature
Bog Initiate (inv) 95
Clay Revenant

This creature enters tapped. {2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Clay Revenant (bro) 118
Crypt Rats

{X}: This creature deals X damage to each creature and each player. Spend only black mana on X.

Creature
Crypt Rats (j22) 392
Death Denied

Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Instant
Death Denied (plst) MM2-76
Diresight

Surveil 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Sorcery
Diresight (blb) 91
Dusk Legion Zealot

When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Dusk Legion Zealot (lcc) 194
Energy Refractor

When this artifact enters, draw a card. {2}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Energy Refractor (bro) 234
Falkenrath Noble

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Falkenrath Noble (j25) 441
Fortuitous Find

Choose one or both — • Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand. • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Fortuitous Find (kld) 81
Goblin Matron

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Goblin card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Goblin Matron (dmr) 123
Goblin Picker

{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Draw a card.

Creature
Goblin Picker (dmu) 128
Hordeling Outburst

Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Sorcery
Hordeling Outburst (onc) 100
Impact Tremors

Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Impact Tremors (fdn) 717
Initiates of the Ebon Hand

{1}: Add {B}. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Initiates of the Ebon Hand (5ed) 169
Lampad of Death's Vigil

{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature Enchantment
Lampad of Death's Vigil (plst) THB-103
Merry Bards

When this creature enters, you may pay {1}. When you do, create a Young Hero Role token attached to target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature attacks, if its toughness is 3 or less, put a +1/+1 counter on it.")

Creature
Merry Bards (woe) 140
Mirkwood Bats

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 95
Molten Gatekeeper

Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. Unearth {R} ({R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Molten Gatekeeper (mh3) 128
Murder

Destroy target creature.

Instant
Murder (j25) 467
Nadier's Nightblade

Whenever a token you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Nadier's Nightblade (blc) 184
Necromancer's Magemark

Enchant creature Creatures you control that are enchanted get +1/+1. If a creature you control that's enchanted would die, return it to its owner's hand instead.

Enchantment
Necromancer's Magemark (gpt) 53
Oliphaunt

Trample Whenever this creature attacks, another target creature you control gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn. Mountaincycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature
Oliphaunt (ltr) 139
Persistent Specimen

{2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Persistent Specimen (j25) 473
Reckless Lackey

First strike, haste {2}{R}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Reckless Lackey (otj) 140
Retrofitted Transmogrant

{3}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature Artifact
Retrofitted Transmogrant (mh3) 106
Shred Memory

Exile up to four target cards from a single graveyard. Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Instant
Shred Memory (rav) 105
Skirk Prospector

Sacrifice a Goblin: Add {R}.

Creature
Skirk Prospector (dmr) 137
Sunshot Militia

Tap two untapped artifacts and/or creatures you control: This creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Sunshot Militia (lci) 168
Thermopod

{S}: This creature gains haste until end of turn. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.) Sacrifice a creature: Add {R}.

Creature
Thermopod (plst) CSP-100
Thraxodemon

{3}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Draw a card.

Creature
Thraxodemon (bro) 115
Troll of Khazad-dûm

This creature can't be blocked except by three or more creatures. Swampcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature
Troll of Khazad-dûm (ltr) 111
Unwilling Ingredient

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) {2}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Unwilling Ingredient (stx) 90
Witty Roastmaster

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Witty Roastmaster (snc) 131

Sideboard

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