Marrow-Gnawer + Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
Marrow-Gnawer & Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm Commander Deck
This deck floods the board with Rat tokens using Marrow-Gnawer's sacrifice-and-replicate ability, aiming to generate an exponentially growing swarm that attacks past most blockers thanks to fear. The primary win condition is the infinite loop formed by Marrow-Gnawer and Thornbite Staff, which untaps Marrow-Gnawer on each Rat death to produce limitless tokens, triggering drain effects and sacrifice payoffs to kill opponents. Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm supports the swarm by pumping the team based on Rat count during combat and recycling key Rats from the graveyard via end-step milling, while Thrumming Stone can chain Rat Colony copies into a massive board state as an alternate path to overwhelming opponents.
Decklist
- Ayara, First of Locthwain
- Karumonix, the Rat King
- Lord Skitter, Sewer King
- Marvin, Murderous Mimic
- Ogre Slumlord
- Pack Rat
- 19× Rat Colony
- Rat King, Verminister
- Species Specialist
- Valley Rotcaller
- Banner of Kinship
- Bolas's Citadel
- Bontu's Monument
- Expedition Map
- Jet Medallion
- Lightning Greaves
- Mirror Box
- Skullclamp
- Sol Ring
- The One Ring
- Thornbite Staff
- Throne of Eldraine
- Thrumming Stone
- Urza's Incubator
- Dark Ritual
- Deadly Rollick
- Go for the Throat
- Imp's Mischief
- Vampiric Tutor
- Withering Torment
- Agadeem's Awakening
- Demonic Tutor
- Feed the Swarm
- Imperial Seal
- Insatiable Avarice
- Kindred Dominance
- Living Death
- Swarmyard Massacre
- Torment of Hailfire
- Toxic Deluge
- Dictate of Erebos
- Grave Pact
- Necropotence
- The Meathook Massacre
- Ancient Tomb
- Bloodstained Mire
- Bojuka Bog
- Cabal Coffers
- Cabal Stronghold
- Castle Locthwain
- Cavern of Souls
- Marsh Flats
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- Path of Ancestry
- Phyrexian Tower
- Polluted Delta
- Susur Secundi, Void Altar
- 18× Swamp
- Swarmyard
- Three Tree City
- Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- Urza's Cave
- Verdant Catacombs