Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm leads a swarm strategy built around flooding the battlefield with Rats, then attacking with a massive pump effect that scales with the total number of Rats in play. The deck leverages Thrumming Stone's ripple mechanic alongside Rat Colony to chain enormous numbers of copies onto the battlefield at once, creating an instant lethal board that overwhelms opponents in combat. Marrow-Gnawer further multiplies the swarm by converting individual Rats into exponentially growing token armies, while graveyard recursion through Ashcoat's mill ability and mass reanimation effects ensure the horde can rebuild after sweepers.

Food of the Gods decklist

• Castle Locthwain
• Piper of the Swarm
• Coat of Arms
• Skullclamp
• Marrow-Gnawer
• Secret Salvage
• Thrumming Stone
• Defile
• Pack Rat
• Herald's Horn
• Dark Ritual
• Cabal Stronghold
• Reliquary Tower
• Typhoid Rats
• Plague of Vermin
• Raise the Draugr
• Swarmyard
• Patriarch's Bidding
• Echoing Return
• Haunted One
• Shelob's Ambush
• Night's Whisper
• Lord Skitter's Butcher
• Experimental Confectioner
• Old Flitterfang
• Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
• Vanquisher's Banner
• Cover of Darkness
• Transmutation Font
• Urza's Cave
• Jet Medallion
• Swarmyard Massacre
• Infernal Grasp
• Feed the Swarm
• Haunting Voyage
• Rat King, Verminister
• Chronicle of Victory
• Big Apple, 3 a.m.
• Rat King, Pale Piper
• Kindred Dominance
• 31× Rat Colony
• 28× Swamp