

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. Lord of Atlantis and Master of the Pearl Trident are practically identical except that Master doesn’t give +1/+1 to the Opponent’s Merfolk too.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. It’s a needed removal for this color - remember when you had to play Dismember, and pay four life, to answer combos and threats. By gaining two tempo turns, you can better face aggressive decks, and you’ll have an answer to ubiquitous cards like Urza’s Saga or Living Weapon. Suspend is the cheap tempo card that this deck was missing. Tide Shaper is a nice addition for this deck, since it has the same effect as Spreading Seas and can also attack. It slows down your opponent and forces them to wait to resolve key spells, which works to your advantage. Playing it on the first turn gives you a huge advantage and is the best start you can make.Ĭursecatcher is an archetype staple. This week we analyze a deck that is doing well during the first week of tournaments: Merfolk!Īether Vial is the most important card in the deck. Last week we saw how Modern Horizon 2 is destined to totally upset the balance of the static Modern format, and which decks could become competitive in the metagame thanks to the new additions. Notice: Undefined index: mtga in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wp-streamdecker/public/class-wp-streamdecker-public.php on line 196 Notice: Undefined index: mtga in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wp-streamdecker/public/class-wp-streamdecker-public.php on line 193 Notice: Undefined index: mtga in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wp-streamdecker/public/class-wp-streamdecker-public.php on line 190 Notice: Undefined index: mtga in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wp-streamdecker/public/class-wp-streamdecker-public.php on line 186 Notice: Undefined index: mtga in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wp-streamdecker/public/class-wp-streamdecker-public.php on line 184
