Eventually opponent gets enough +1/+1 counters to poison me to death. Throat Slitter comes in targeting Ravager but Welding Jar saves it. I start to poke opponent's hand with a bunch of Burglar Rat s while they set it up with Arcbound Ravager and Inkmoth Nexus. I open with Swamp pass and opponent starts with Forest + Hardened Scales. The Tourney: Match 1: Modern Budget Rats vs Hardened Scales Affinity. Also, 3/1 for two mana is not so bad at all, sometimes a couple of those simply takes the game by attacking.Ģx Vendetta : Fast removal against decks like Affinity and Infect.Ģx Disfigure : I added those to get rid of early Dark Confidant s but maybe there are better options.Ģx Ultimate Price : Right now I think Cast Down would be a better choice in this slot, seems to be more colorless creatures in the format than legendary ones.Ĥx Duress : Faster disruption against combo decks.ģx Relic of Progenitus + 2x Nihil Spellbomb : As you know having some graveyard hate is always a good idea in Modern. Sometime you can even draw two cards per turn with it if you have Pack Rat in play or simply draw an instant. With so many discard effects in our deck, opponent usually won't be holding cards in hand to stop its effect. For flavor reasons you should always assign Burglar Rat to pilot Smuggler's Copter if possible!Ĥx Asylum Visitor : The budget cousin of Dark Confidant, this card can be awesome in the right shell.
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I feel that two are enough in this deck, we already have Pack Rat s to makes use of cards in hand and having a hand full of Copters feels clunky sometimes. Maybe it is ok as a one of.Ģx Smuggler's Copter : I love this card, not only it helps to smooth our draws, it is a great blocker sometimes and you can also use madness with it. In many games I didn't feel it had enough impact. Ģx Nezumi Shortfang : While this card looks good against Ensnaring Bridge decks, maybe it belongs to the sideboard. Very good against swarm decks, specially with the aid of Swarmyard. Ĥx Pack Rat : The best rat, the MVP in the deck, if left unchecked will take most games.Ĥx Chittering Rats : Just keep disrupting opponent's hand and adding rats to the table.Ĥx Throat Slitter : Sometimes this guy is clunky, sometimes it takes over games on its own. It is not rare at all having opponent out of cards in hand by turn four or five, opening the way for Pack Rat or Asylum Visitor. Also, with the aid of our little rats, it is not a rare thing to have opponent down to three cards by turn three.Ĥx Ravenous Rats + 4x Burglar Rat : Having total eight of those brings an interesting consistency to the deck. First, it is capable of discarding lands. Sadly, the deck doesn't have a lot of ways to enable revolt, that is one of the details I would like to work in to improve the list.Ĥx Blackmail : I know this is the budget version of Thoughtseize but this card has it's perks. Tarmogoyf, Dark Confidant, Death's Shadow, Grim Lavamancer, Inkmoth Nexus and the list goes on and on. One of the MVP of the deck for sure.Ĥx Mutavault : I feel this is an important card in this deck, it helps to smooth the land drops early, can be regenerated with Swarmyard, can pump Pack Rat and activate Smuggler's CopterĤx Fatal Push : This card is essential to stop early threats and deal with other tribes.
Usually 16 swamps are enough to provide the black mana you need.Ĥx Swarmyard : This is one of the coolest reasons to play Rats at all. The only card with double black cost is Chittering Rats. Card by Card Analysis:ġ6x Swamp : While this is a monoblack deck, it is not terribly hungry for black mana. In almost all my matches I felt Nezumi wasn't fast or strong enough to have an impact and I didn't face a lot of legendary creatures.
Right now I am considering switching both Nezumi Shortfang for two Cast Down. But there are a couple flexible slots and I am not totally sure what they should be yet.Īdding a second color, while throwing the cost up, might help to add some flexible answers, but what I would really like is to find the perfect cards inside the monoblack strategy. That said, I think the deck is a work in progress, I would say 80% of the list have to be what it is, because it is impossible to play Rats without, well. If you want to have a feel of the Modern format maybe this deck is a good place to start. I believe you can build this deck for 11 or 12 tickets in MTGO. This is a budget deck, the only expensive card is Mutavault, and even that one is not expensive at all considering the staple cards in Modern.
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