Crypt Rats is a great card in a deck able to tap most lands for black mana. So long as you make a deck that can fit it, and come on.... what else is black good at if not building a deck that can get your creatures back from the great beyond faster that your non black opponent (or make use of the poor souls lost to Crypt Rats furry)?
Good decks are full of biffy creatures and high cost cards (I'm over exaggerating to make a point here... don't go ape crazy on me!), great decks take a card like Crypt Rats and build around it.
I, in a humble attempt tried to do just this.
Its a combo deck based off Crypt Rats equipped with Scythe of the Wretched while having a mana creature on the field (ie Blood Vassal) and a life gaining creature (I use a Dross Harvester... for personal taste reasons) and now your off to infinite fun... well not in... (see all)
Posted By:
NV.Collis
(10/31/2010 5:31:40 PM)
Wouldn't something like Gorgon Flail that gives the rats Deathtouch also kill themselves?
Posted By:
annenoise
(11/21/2010 11:02:49 PM)
Say no to trollshroud or other shrouded beatsticks, play this, equip Gorgon Flail and enchant Inviolability, then wipe the board for 
repeatly. If you don't have the enchantment or don't want to mix white, let the rats die and pull it back with Unearth later if needed.
Could also be fun when combo with Everlasting Torment and Ward of Piety or Daily Regimen to screw up protection and indestructible creatures.
Posted By:
non1337
(11/23/2010 1:40:18 AM)
not sure if this is really appropriate in a rat deck...
Posted By:
supershawn
(3/7/2011 10:42:03 PM)
swarmyard
Posted By:
Kyzar
(4/2/2011 6:45:55 PM)
These guys have cleared a few tables for me over the years. they also killed a good number of opponents.
Posted By:
Pontiac
(4/11/2011 12:33:17 PM)
Strictly worse than the Visions art
Posted By:
SAllison87
(4/26/2011 12:56:09 AM)
Pain Magnification
Posted By:
Gabbalis
(7/20/2011 10:14:42 AM)
I used to love enchanting this guy with Sadistic Glee. Once one creature hit the graveyard, I could kill everything else on the table leaving just one very fat rat.
Posted By:
afarnsworth
(7/21/2011 9:20:53 PM)
This is my favourite rat! I have it in a rat deck. You can use some great combos with this, like:
Vampiric Link for a huge lifelink.
Enchant enemy creatures with Treacherous Link for more direct damage.
Tainted Strike for poison counters.
...And the last trick with Swarmyard.
Posted By:
skorpionrazor
(7/25/2011 12:53:43 AM)