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Rat Swarm - Totentaz, Swarm Piper
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $238.98
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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

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Anthem

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Anger

Haste As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control a Mountain, creatures you control have haste.

Creature
Anger (afc) 113
Banner of Kinship

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. This artifact enters with a fellowship counter on it for each creature you control of the chosen type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1 for each fellowship counter on this artifact.

Artifact
Banner of Kinship (fdn) 127
Shared Animosity

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking creature that shares a creature type with it.

Enchantment
Shared Animosity (ltc) 226
Tattered Ratter

Whenever a Rat you control becomes blocked, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Tattered Ratter (woe) 152

Anthem

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Burn

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City on Fire

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage instead.

Enchantment
City on Fire (sld) 1803
Impact Tremors

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

Enchantment
Impact Tremors (wot) 44
Raid Bombardment

Whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less attacks, this enchantment deals 1 damage to the player or planeswalker that creature is attacking.

Enchantment
Raid Bombardment (wot) 47

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Creature

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Charging Hooligan

Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each attacking creature. If a Rat is attacking, this creature gains trample until end of turn.

Creature
Charging Hooligan (woe) 318

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Discard

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Pack Rat

Pack Rat's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Rats you control. {2}{B}, Discard a card: Create a token that's a copy of this creature.

Creature
Pack Rat (rtr) 73

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Drain

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Blood Artist

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

Creature
Blood Artist (inr) 97
Gruesome Fate

Each opponent loses 1 life for each creature you control.

Sorcery
Gruesome Fate (rix) 75
Mirkwood Bats

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

Creature
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 421
Patron of the Nezumi

Rat offering (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant by sacrificing a Rat and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Rat. Mana cost includes color.) Whenever a permanent is put into an opponent's graveyard, that player loses 1 life.

Creature
Patron of the Nezumi (cm2) 72
Valley Rotcaller

Menace Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of other Squirrels, Bats, Lizards, and Rats you control.

Creature
Valley Rotcaller (blb) 119
Zulaport Cutthroat

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Zulaport Cutthroat (blc) 190

Drain

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Draw

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Body Count

Spectacle {B} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Draw a card for each creature that died under your control this turn.

Instant
Body Count (ncc) 34
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 (blc) 181
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld

Whenever another creature you control dies, draw a card if it was attacking. Otherwise, Garna deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld (dmu) 200
Morbid Opportunist

Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Morbid Opportunist (inr) 124
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (pip) 238
Thrill of Possibility

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Thrill of Possibility (sta) 46
Vampiric Rites

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

Enchantment
Vampiric Rites (wot) 37
Village Rites

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

Instant
Village Rites (sta) 35
Wave of Rats

Trample When this creature dies, if it dealt combat damage to a player this turn, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. Blitz {4}{B} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)

Creature
Wave of Rats (ncc) 41

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Evasion

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Cover of Darkness

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures of the chosen type have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Enchantment
Cover of Darkness (acr) 163

Evasion

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Land

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Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (dsc) 265
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (dft) 275
Mudflat Village

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B}. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell. {1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target Bat, Lizard, Rat, or Squirrel card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Mudflat Village (blb) 257
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (dsc) 295
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 274
Swarmyard

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Regenerate target Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Land
Swarmyard (blc) 133
Three Tree City

As Three Tree City enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to the number of creatures you control of the chosen type.

Land
Three Tree City (blb) 260
Witch's Cottage

({T}: Add {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps. When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Witch's Cottage (eld) 249

Land

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Protection

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Darkness

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Darkness (40k) 197
Not Dead After All

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Instant
Not Dead After All (woe) 101

Protection

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Ramp

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Ashnod's Altar

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

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
Herald's Horn

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast. At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

Artifact
Herald's Horn (lcc) 304
Mahadi, Emporium Master

At the beginning of your end step, create a Treasure token for each creature that died this turn. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Mahadi, Emporium Master (clb) 429
Patchwork Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Patchwork Banner (pmei) 2024-7
Rakdos Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dsc) 250
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (lcc) 313

Ramp

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Recursion

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Persistent Marshstalker

This creature gets +1/+0 for each other Rat you control. Threshold — Whenever you attack with one or more Rats, if seven or more cards are in your graveyard, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Creature
Persistent Marshstalker (blb) 104

Recursion

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Removal

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Bedevil

Destroy target artifact, creature, or planeswalker.

Instant
Bedevil (otp) 37
Crippling Fear

Choose a creature type. Creatures that aren't of the chosen type get -3/-3 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Crippling Fear (cmm) 862
Crypt Rats

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

Creature
Crypt Rats (plst) VIS-55
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (dsc) 78
Murder

Destroy target creature.

Instant
Murder (dsk) 110
Rat Out

Up to one target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. You create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

Instant
Rat Out (woe) 103
Ruin Rat

Deathtouch When this creature dies, exile target card from an opponent's graveyard.

Creature
Ruin Rat (plst) HOU-75
Thornplate Intimidator

Offspring {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) When this creature enters, target opponent loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

Creature
Thornplate Intimidator (blb) 117
Typhoid Rats

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Creature
Typhoid Rats (j25) 497

Removal

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Sac Outlet

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Viscera Seer

Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature
Viscera Seer (lcc) 213

Sac Outlet

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Tokens

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Chittering Witch

When this creature enters, create a number of 1/1 black Rat creature tokens equal to the number of opponents you have. {1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Creature
Chittering Witch (afc) 95
Gnawing Crescendo

Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies this turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

Instant
Gnawing Crescendo (woe) 131
Innocuous Rat

When this creature dies, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Creature
Innocuous Rat (dsk) 103
Lord Skitter's Butcher

When this creature enters, choose one — • Create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block." • You may sacrifice another creature. If you do, scry 2, then draw a card. • Creatures you control gain menace until end of turn.

Creature
Lord Skitter's Butcher (woe) 99
Lord Skitter, Sewer King

Whenever another Rat you control enters, exile up to one target card from an opponent's graveyard. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

Creature
Lord Skitter, Sewer King (woe) 97
Mad Ratter

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create two 1/1 black Rat creature tokens.

Creature
Mad Ratter (j22) 570
Ogre Chitterlord

Menace Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create two 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token can't block." Then if you control five or more Rats, each Rat you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Ogre Chitterlord (woe) 319
Ogre Slumlord

Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. Rats you control have deathtouch.

Creature
Ogre Slumlord (blc) 186
Old Flitterfang

Flying At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") {2}{B}, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Old Flitterfang gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Old Flitterfang (woe) 316
Piper of the Swarm

Rats you control have menace. {1}{B}, {T}: Create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. {2}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice three Rats: Gain control of target creature.

Creature
Piper of the Swarm (afc) 106
Redcap Gutter-Dweller

Menace When this creature enters, create two 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token can't block." At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Redcap Gutter-Dweller (woe) 351
Revenge of the Rats

Create a tapped 1/1 black Rat creature token for each creature card in your graveyard. Flashback {2}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Revenge of the Rats (fdn) 67
Ruthless Radrat

Squad—Exile four cards from your graveyard. (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay its squad cost any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.) Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Creature
Ruthless Radrat (pip) 48
Song of Totentanz

Create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token can't block." Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Song of Totentanz (woe) 150
Tangled Colony

This creature can't block. When this creature dies, create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token can't block," where X is the amount of damage dealt to it this turn.

Creature
Tangled Colony (woe) 113
Twisted Sewer-Witch

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This creature can't block." Then for each Rat you control, create a Wicked Role token attached to that Rat. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Creature
Twisted Sewer-Witch (woe) 114
Voracious Vermin

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block." Whenever another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Voracious Vermin (woe) 116

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Tutor

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Ratcatcher

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) At the beginning of your upkeep, you may search your library for a Rat card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Ratcatcher (a25) 103

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Maybeboard

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Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm

Whenever Ashcoat attacks or blocks, other Rats you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Rats you control. At the beginning of your end step, you may mill four cards. If you do, return up to two Rat creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Creature
Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm (j22) 19
Blightbelly Rat

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) When this creature dies, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Blightbelly Rat (one) 85
Burglar Rat

When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.

Creature
Burglar Rat (fdn) 170
Delirium

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn. Tap target creature that player controls. That creature deals damage equal to its power to the player. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by the creature this turn.

Instant
Delirium (mir) 260
Edgewall Pack

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

Creature
Edgewall Pack (woe) 126
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant

When Gothmog enters, amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.) Creature tokens you control have deathtouch.

Creature
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant (ltr) 87
Grab the Prize

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards. If the discarded card wasn't a land card, Grab the Prize deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Sorcery
Grab the Prize (dsk) 138
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
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni

Ninjutsu {3}{B}{B} ({3}{B}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Ink-Eyes deals combat damage to a player, you may put target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. {1}{B}: Regenerate Ink-Eyes.

Creature
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni (plst) BOK-71
Karlach, Fury of Avernus

Whenever you attack, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap all attacking creatures. They gain first strike until end of turn. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Karlach, Fury of Avernus (sld) 1802
Karumonix, the Rat King

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) Other Rats you control have toxic 1. When Karumonix enters, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of Rat cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Karumonix, the Rat King (one) 98
Kindred Dominance

Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.

Sorcery
Kindred Dominance (woc) 113
Lab Rats

Buyback {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Create a 1/1 black Rat creature token.

Sorcery
Lab Rats (sth) 61
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion

Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Nashi deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of each player's library. Until end of turn, you may play one of those cards. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.

Creature
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion (otc) 143
Oppression

Whenever a player casts a spell, that player discards a card.

Enchantment
Oppression (wot) 32
Ratcatcher Trainee

Creature
Ratcatcher Trainee // Pest Problem (woe) 144
Ravenous Rats

When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card.

Creature
Ravenous Rats (10e) 171
Rotting Rats

When this creature enters, each player discards a card. Unearth {1}{B} ({1}{B}: 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
Rotting Rats (hop) 39
Species Specialist

As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Whenever a creature of the chosen type dies, you may draw a card.

Creature
Species Specialist (c20) 47
Stronghold Rats

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each player discards a card.

Creature
Stronghold Rats (tsr) 142
Vraan, Executioner Thane

Whenever one or more other creatures you control die, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Vraan, Executioner Thane (one) 114

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