Mono Black Aggro Rats Marshstalker & Karumonix | Mythic Top 500 | Standard Deck | MTGA

[@tomi-of6pf]

Aggroooohohohoho!! Bonkers, the addition of Lily is perfect!

[@phantasmsplayground]

thanks, yes, she s very good in this :)

[@sebastians.2026]

Love rats! Played them in pioneer recently! Nice tribe! Cool video and deck as usual!

[@phantasmsplayground]

thanks for another comment, glad you had fun :)

[@mitchell8003]

Man I'm so tempted to do this but splash a tiny bit of green for Tail Swipe. It might make the Tangled colony more fun! Maybe add a couple of Obliterators and... oh... this is a whole new other deck I guess..

[@mitchell8003]

Also "Pile on" should work great with the 1/1 rats in those moments they cant really attack.

[@phantasmsplayground]

haha, good one :D

[@phantasmsplayground]

i m not that a big fan of pile on. i ve seen it in several rat decks, so you re not alone if you think it s good in this.

[@spooky0_0.]

This is a really nice aggro deck :) I love rats and I'm building a karumonix commander deck. One question, why are you making yourself mill cards with gnawing vermin?? Just curious

[@phantasmsplayground]

hi, thanks, glad you like it :) i like to fill my grave quickly for marshstalker.

[@mikecampau438]

Have you thought about messing with the rottenmouth viper from bloom burrow? I'm curious as to what you'd do with the card

[@phantasmsplayground]

hi Mike, i ve tried it in this brew kzbin.info/www/bejne/roCZfZqnmLd1q6c instead of the archfiend first but wasn t happy overall. it s fun, but not good enough imo.

[@JJ-vn3xq]

Nice list, fast and oppressive, I had yet to try mono b Rats :) Have you ever found the colony that useful? Opponents rarely ever block it and it cannot block either, his effect feels wasted 😢

[@JohnnyTightIips]

If no one blocks it then its free face damage i guess, maybe with a way to buff its power would be useful?

[@Allskillzpro]

That’s the purpose of his effect. It forces the opponent to make an awkward choice… get swarmed or just take the 3hit.

[@JJ-vn3xq]

@@Allskillzpro for now I'm using the Rotcaller (squirrel) in its place. He is deadly if not taken care of and a rat swarm deck is perfect for him :p

[@phantasmsplayground]

@@JJ-vn3xq yeah, the effect of the colony barely happens but it s a good aggro 2 drop and a rat. the rootcaller is very nice too in this. i played it instead of lili first. i really like lili in this though...

[@JJ-vn3xq]

@@phantasmsplayground oh, I also included a few "Rat Out" to help vs early aggro and/or add a Rat on the battlefield to "compensate" for the Rotcaller being a squirrel, or so to speak :) I second Liliana, also it's the first deck where I managed to use her ultimate despite using her in a lot other places!

[@deividvaatz]

I'm really, really interested in playing a few games with your best deck

[@phantasmsplayground]

...sorry, there is no "best". all the decks i play in mythic are of similar power imo.

[@deividvaatz]

@@phantasmsplayground so....what ia your "best" deck?

[@phantasmsplayground]

@@deividvaatz ...sorry maybe this was not clear. there is "no best" deck...sorry. i don t track it to figure out if one is 0.82358% better than any other and my sample base would be way to small for this too.

[@testerfritz]

mono rats = max power.

[@phantasmsplayground]

mono max...

[@jbfraison]

Do you think rats are more agressive than mouse in arena of course ?

[@phantasmsplayground]

i wasn t happy with the (boros) mouse yet. it needs better manabase probably. maybe i have just badluck. it s strong but i wasn t able to get a vid done yet.

[@sebastians.2026]

Has anyone a recommendation for a sideboard for BO3? :)

[@phantasmsplayground]

good you asked "any", you probably know that i don t play bo3...sorry.

[@saulok44]

any card to replace colony?

[@phantasmsplayground]

rootcaller or more butcher, skitter or lili.

[@robertenleed-q3r]

No need of Liliana in this deck. Put some more rats and voilà. or 2 removals to replace it.

[@phantasmsplayground]

she fits this deck very good imo. the rootcaller is very nice too in this. i played it instead of lili first. i really like lili in this though...