BG Relentless Rats [semi-competitive]

[mgrinshpon]

The idea is really simple: pump out rats while maintaining card advantage with Phyrexian Arena, Fecundity, and recover from Wrath of Gods and Damnations with relative ease.

BG Relentless Rats
Creatures 30 Relentless Rats 1 Marrow-Gnawer 1 Gleancrawler 1 Ratcatcher 1 Avatar of Woe 1 Balthor the Defiled Enchantments 1 Aluren 1 Bloodbond March 1 Concordant Crossroads 1 Phyrexian Arena 1 Fecundity 1 Oversold Cemetery 1 Lurking Predators 1 Mana Reflection Sorceries 1 Imperial Seal 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Sylvan Tutor 1 Patriarch's Bidding 1 Tendrils of Agony 1 Kodama's Reach 1 Cultivate 1 Explosive Vegetation 1 Triumph of the Hordes 1 Damnation 1 Creeping Mold 1 Decree of Pain Instants 1 Worldly Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Putrefy 1 Krosan Grip Artifacts 1 Vedalken Orrery 1 Thrumming Stone 1 Sol Ring 1 Sensei's Divining Top 1 Akroma's Memorial 1 Tormod's Crypt 1 Coalition Relic 1 Cloudstone Curio	Land 1 Bayou 1 Llanowar Wastes 1 Tainted Wood 1 Golgari Rot Farm 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Twilight Mire 1 Bloodstained Mire 1 Verdant Catacombs 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Windswept Heath 1 Gaea's Cradle 1 Vivid Grove 1 Vivid Marsh 1 Command Tower 1 Maze of Ith 1 Swarmyard 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1 Bojuka Bog 1 Strip Mine 1 Wasteland 7 Swamp 5 Forest	Sideboard 1 Sapling of Colfenor

Yes, I'm aware of how absurd this mana base is for a deck as absurd as Relentless Rats but it's fun, so that's ultimately what matters in a game of Magic.

Wincons are numerous. Triumph of the Hordes, Thrumming Stone, Aluren+Cloudstone Curio+Tendrils of Agony, the list goes on and on. Just get Alluren or Thrumming Stone into play as quickly as possible using either tutors or blind luck and win from there.

I'm looking for ideas to generate more card advantage. There's a card out there that has something like, "play a creature draw a card" which would be perfect for this deck but I can't remember its name. Any other ideas are appreciated.

EDIT: I feel I also need significantly more spot removal but I'm unsure of what to cut. A sword or two might also be nice.

[jynxed]

How is this EDH?

[mgrinshpon]

Originally Posted by jynxed

How is this EDH?

Originally Posted by Relentless Rats

A deck can have any number of cards named Relentless Rats.

99 cards+1 commander (in the sideboard), 1 of each card barring Relentless Rats. This is an EDH deck.

[SaintRileyJ]

this is awesome. really, really awesome. But I feel like you should be running more than 30 of our stupid rat friends.

[NinjaNate]

You should play living death and other cards that allow to put lots of cards from your grave into play.

[mgrinshpon]

Originally Posted by NinjaNate

You should play living death and other cards that allow to put lots of cards from your grave into play.

It might be a good idea to swap that for Oversold Cemetery. As far as recursion goes, though, I'm running Gleancrawler, Balthor the Defiled, Bloodbond March, Patriarch's Bidding, and the aformentioned Oversold Cemetery. Oversold is really nice in combination with Bloodbond March after an unsuccessful Thrumming Stone victory attempt, which is why I picked that instead.

It's also nice for recovering from destruction if an Aluren/Cloudstone Curio/Tendrils of Agony combo needed to be set up but the rats were dead for some reason.

[NinjaNate]

The problem with Gleancrawler is he has to stay in play for his ability to work. Also vess for her ulti?