Pair this with Ogre Slumlord. Sac a rat from Marrow-Gnawer's ability. Now my question. Would you get the rat token from the slumlord first, and then Marrow-Gnawer's gives you the tokens? Or would you get the tokens from Marrow-Gnawer first, and then get the token from the slumlord?
Posted By:
RookBH
(4/17/2013 2:57:23 AM)
@atemu1234 : Really ? In that case, I must provide. Introducing - Dual Deck: Rats VS Cats !
RATS
2 Marrow-Gnawer
4 Pack Rat
3 Rotting Rats
3 Ravenous Rats
2 Throat Slitter
3 Typhoïd Rats
4 Stronghold Rats
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
2 Nezumi Shortfang
2 Sadistic Hypnotist
1 Nyxathid
4 Liliana's Caress
2 Liliana of the Veil
3 Hymn to Tourach
2 Thoughtseize
4 Swarmyard
18 Swamp
VS
CATS
3 Kemba, Kha Regent
4 Leonin Shikari
2 Raksha Golden Cub
3 Skyhunter Skirmisher
4 Sunspear Shikari
2 Taj-Nar Swordsmith
3 Puresteel Paladin
1 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Light and Darkness
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Argentum Armor
3 Lightning Greaves
1 Quest for the Holy Relic
2 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
3 White Sun's Zenith
4 Ancient Den
18 Plains
I figured "rats" would focus on disruption through discard, swarming tactics and ninja combat tricks, while "cats" is more of an equipment-centric, midrange strategy. Thoughts ?
Posted By:
Xelias0
(6/19/2013 7:25:44 AM)
This card is pretty ridiculous. Definitely one of the few gems of the Kamigawa block (by gems I mean broken as hell). The best part about this dude is the fact that you don't even need to sacrifice a non-token rat, so you can keep sacrificing the tokens over and over.
Posted By:
Lege
(11/7/2009 6:59:21 AM)
I've lost count of the number of times I've taken this card and Thousand-Year Elixir and turned it into something horrible (for my opponent!) 10,000 rat tokens is enough to put a crimp in anyone's day. A friend of mine does the same, but always tries to have Door of Destinies out first - when there's suddenly there's 500 rats, all of which are 501/501, baring down at you, things get messy.
Well priced, good ability, definitely deserving of both the Rare and Legendary status'.
Posted By:
DarkbladeWraith
(11/23/2009 10:25:47 AM)
I love the King of Rats here. I have a Black and White deck devoted to building up as big an army of rats as possible. Lab Rats, Plague Rats, Pestilence Rats... and a Peach Garden Oath for when things pick up.
Posted By:
RedHawk32
(7/24/2009 12:18:09 AM)
Attach Thornbite Staff to Marrow-Gnawer and as long as you have another rat in play you could create an army.
Posted By:
Deathtamoor
(6/10/2009 2:38:05 AM)
Rats forever. I wish I had enough rats and this dude to make a rat deck worthwhile.
Posted By:
TheTraitorKing
(12/29/2009 4:32:23 PM)
I'm not sure why there are all these recommendations for an EDH deck with 40+ Relentless Rats when the card rulings specifically state they are still limited to one per deck in EDH.
12/1/2004 This card's text does not override other format-imposed restrictions on the number of cards. For example, in a Highlander format, you would still only be allowed one Relentless Rat.
Posted By:
AZRaptor
(11/24/2010 9:53:04 PM)
Relentless Rats ftw.
Posted By:
nammertime
(12/29/2009 11:29:18 AM)
doubling season
Posted By:
BlackAlbino
(5/20/2010 1:11:03 PM)