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8 months ago ::
Oct 09, 2012 - 6:41AM
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You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!
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8 months ago ::
Oct 09, 2012 - 6:50AM
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Date Joined:
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You know what would be cool? Naming this deck....
Rat of God.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 09, 2012 - 6:58AM
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Only if I can get it to win. I've also been considering adding in the new Rack  known as Shrieking Affliction  .
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!
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8 months ago ::
Oct 09, 2012 - 7:26AM
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8 months ago ::
Oct 09, 2012 - 7:27AM
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Date Joined:
Nov 17, 2011
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Definitely do Shrieking Affliction but also consider Liliana of the Dark Realms  . She gets you the lands to power Pack Rat  and you can use her ultimate to some actual effectiveness. Mind Rot  , Murder  and Ultimate Price  are other options to consider. edit: I'm late. Those cards listed above are good options, though. I agree with splashing white, even if ony for the Vault of the Archangel  . A horde of large deathtouch/lifelink rats is pretty damn effective. I, personally, would stay away from Alter's Reap  and Mutilate  just from experience. Mutilate is a ridiculously good card and can be effective if you can ensure your own rats won't blow up, too. Consider a couple, but use sparingly. Altar's Reap  is just really underwhelming, plus it has the draw back of making your Pack Rat smaller, even if just by 1.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 09, 2012 - 7:32AM
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I also own four Disciple of Bolas  , which I think may work well with my big rat tokens.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!
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8 months ago ::
Oct 09, 2012 - 8:48AM
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Asy1umRat (best rat-y name for this thread): I'm not too sold on Dark Realms, Lil', maybe if there was a big Consume Spirit  spell to aim for... Liliana of the Veil  might be a better option for the discard effect. But here's my list. It feels really small for 60 cards, I guess so much of my deck is geared to making Shrieking Affliction work, I haven't been able to squeze in the ammount of Kill Spells I want. Rat Suite: 4x Typhoid Rat  4x Drainpipe Vermin  4x Pack Rat 4x Ravenous Rat  Discard: 4x Shrieking Affliction 4x Duress  3x Night Terrors  3x Mind Rot Kill: 3x Tragic Slip  2x Mutilate Draw: 3x Altar's Reap 4x Sign in Blood  Land: 4x Cavern of Souls  14x Swamp  Like I said, I couldn't fit much in. What could I take out to make room to splash white, or even for a Murder or two? Time to test this and start tweaking.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 09, 2012 - 9:22AM
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Date Joined:
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So, yeah, Pack Rat doesn't need other rats... Just Pack Rat. I've been wanting to play a deck similar to this, but I'm not brave enough:
4 Pack Rat
4 Invisible Stalker
4 Runechanter's Pike
4 Faith's Shield
4 Divination
2 Sphinxes' Revelation
2 Amass the Components
1 Inspiration
1 Thoughtflare
4 Thought Scour
2 Underworld Connections
1 Epic Experiment
3 Jace, Architect of Thought
4 Blood Crypt
4 Hallowed Fountain
4 Steam Vents
7 Swamp
2 Island
2 Plains
(at)MrEnglish22
"still a better Commander card than Emmara Tandris"
-On the topic of Squire
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8 months ago ::
Oct 09, 2012 - 10:57AM
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Asy1umRat (best rat-y name for this thread):
I'm not too sold on Dark Realms, Lil', maybe if there was a big Consume Spirit spell to aim for... Liliana of the Veil might be a better option for the discard effect.
But here's my list. It feels really small for 60 cards, I guess so much of my deck is geared to making Shrieking Affliction work, I haven't been able to squeze in the ammount of Kill Spells I want.
Rat Suite:
4x Typhoid Rat
4x Drainpipe Vermin
4x Pack Rat
4x Ravenous Rat
Discard:
4x Shrieking Affliction
4x Duress
3x Night Terrors
3x Mind Rot
Kill:
3x Tragic Slip
2x Mutilate
Draw:
3x Altar's Reap
4x Sign in Blood
Land:
4x Cavern of Souls
14x Swamp
Like I said, I couldn't fit much in. What could I take out to make room to splash white, or even for a Murder or two?
Time to test this and start tweaking.
do you A) Find yourself emptying your hand too quickly, or B) not having the appropriate answers? I think you could drop the Altar's Reap s and make Night Terrors , Mind Rot , and Tragic Slip 4-of's. I also don't think you need 4 Cavern of Souls . 2 should be enough. Also, do you find 18 lands being enough?
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8 months ago ::
Oct 09, 2012 - 11:02AM
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Sep 18, 2012
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What about Stab Wound  to help hurry the damage over time you are getting with Affliction?
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