Rat Control
60 cards, 0 sideboard
4 {Isolated Chapel}
1 {Stensia Bloodhall}
4 {Blood Crypt}
3 {Hallowed Fountain}
1 {Vault of the Archangel}
4 {Dragonskull Summit}
3 {Glacial Fortress}
4 {Drowned Catacomb}
24 lands
4 {Drainpipe Vermin}
4 {Ravenous Rats}
4 {Pack Rat}
12 creatures
4 {Dreadbore}
3 {Detention Sphere}
2 {Supreme Verdict}
4 {Dissipate}
2 {Sphinx's Revelation}
3 {Rakdos's Return}
4 {Syncopate}
2 {Rootborn Defenses}
24 other spells
Sideboard
Notes:
I tend not to build control because it bugs me slightly but here's my attempt at a pack rat build. I've run it once during FNM and went 2-2. It seems to run very very well but I have issues maintaining a hand between controlling my opponent and discarding to pack rat. I also feel like I should have another win condition other then relying on swarms of rats to gnawing there ankles off. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
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{Restoration Angel} in here would nice to flicker {Ravenous Rats}
Perhaps {Black Cat} + {Altar's Reap}? Could be fun.
Quote from: Coffee Vampire on December 23, 2012, 02:06:25 AM
Perhaps {Black Cat} + {Altar's Reap}? Could be fun.
Looking to turn this into a game of cat and mouse?
I just posted Slowpoke Rodriguez which is my take on the archetype. How it provides some alternate ideas and helps you in buildig this.
Maybe try {Feeling of Dread}? It has a flashback cost so it can be used to control after discarding to {Pack Rat}. 4 {Syncopate}'s also may be too many. {Think Twice} can give you extra cards to discard and also has flashback.
And maybe {Rewind} because it opens your mana
Thanks for all the ideas guys they seem great what would be your thoughts on cutting the verdicts and mind rots to add in say {Rakdos's Return} and the required lands to play it?
I like it because it's a little more for your mana and it doesn't make you rebuild your army
Esper Rats 😁 I dig it
Updated to add R to the deck could use some help with balancing my mana base
This deck doesnt make sense to me. Clearly you want to empty their hand and use {pack rat} as the kill con, however there isnt a single card in the deck that you actually want to discard. No {lingering souls}, {think twice}, {feeling of dread}, or anything else that is beneficial once pitched. Even just {snapcaster mage} or {archeomancer} would put those cards to use.
For the amount of discarding your opponent would be doing with this deck I would recommend [[shrieking affliction]]