Rat King, Verminister (Commander) - Optimized

Rat King, Verminister
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12%synergy
Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
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7%synergy
The Master of Lake-town
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5%synergy
Surveillance Room
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6%synergy
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89%synergy
Rat Colony
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80%synergy
Thrumming Stone
80%inclusion68 decks85 decks
76%synergy
Piper of the Swarm
79%inclusion67 decks85 decks
72%synergy
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75%inclusion64 decks85 decks
71%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
73%inclusion62 decks85 decks
63%synergy
Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
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61%synergy
Swarmyard
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54%synergy
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50%synergy
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49%synergy
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Dark Ritual
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Ayara, First of Locthwain
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37%synergy
Skullclamp
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40%synergy
Grave Pact
56%inclusion48 decks85 decks
37%synergy
Bontu's Monument
54%inclusion46 decks85 decks
26%synergy
Thornbite Staff
49%inclusion42 decks85 decks
47%synergy
Rat King, Pale Piper
49%inclusion41 decks83 decks
46%synergy
Deadly Dispute
48%inclusion41 decks85 decks
21%synergy
Diabolic Intent
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33%synergy
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Demonic Tutor
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26%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
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25%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
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15%synergy
Ancient Tomb
21%inclusion18 decks85 decks
10%synergy
Imperial Seal
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11%synergy
The One Ring
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6%synergy
Necropotence
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-4%synergy
Chrome Mox
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1%synergy
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Valley Rotcaller
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41%synergy
Species Specialist
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34%synergy
Blood Artist
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Ratcatcher
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel
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-24%synergy
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4%synergy
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21%synergy
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-27%synergy
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Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
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11%synergy
Crypt Rats
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7%synergy
Viscera Seer
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-7%synergy
Lord Skitter's Butcher
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5%synergy
Persistent Marshstalker
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5%synergy
Chittering Witch
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4%synergy
Filth
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5%synergy
Voracious Vermin
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4%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
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-3%synergy
Gnat Miser
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4%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
-13%synergy
Tangled Colony
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
3%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
-1%synergy
Grim Haruspex
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
-3%synergy
Swarm of Rats
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
3%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
-6%synergy
Blightbelly Rat
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
3%synergy
Pestilence Rats
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
4%synergy
Typhoid Rats
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
2%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
1%synergy
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Village Rites
46%inclusion39 decks85 decks
20%synergy
Deadly Rollick
42%inclusion36 decks85 decks
17%synergy
Culling the Weak
36%inclusion31 decks85 decks
19%synergy
Imp's Mischief
25%inclusion21 decks85 decks
-1%synergy
Withering Torment
24%inclusion20 decks85 decks
-8%synergy
Darkness
21%inclusion18 decks85 decks
11%synergy
Go for the Throat
19%inclusion16 decks85 decks
-4%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
19%inclusion16 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Songs of the Damned
16%inclusion14 decks85 decks
11%synergy
Defile
15%inclusion13 decks85 decks
-20%synergy
Cabal Ritual
15%inclusion13 decks85 decks
-3%synergy
Entomb
14%inclusion12 decks85 decks
2%synergy
Infernal Grasp
13%inclusion11 decks85 decks
-12%synergy
Foul-Tongue Shriek
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
8%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
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5%synergy
Tragic Slip
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-10%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
-11%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
0%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
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-16%synergy
Doom Blade
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
-1%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
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4%synergy
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Feed the Swarm
44%inclusion37 decks85 decks
-7%synergy
Bloodline Bidding
42%inclusion36 decks85 decks
38%synergy
Swarmyard Massacre
33%inclusion28 decks85 decks
31%synergy
Kindred Dominance
29%inclusion25 decks85 decks
25%synergy
Toxic Deluge
26%inclusion22 decks85 decks
-11%synergy
Secret Salvage
26%inclusion22 decks85 decks
25%synergy
Revenge of the Rats
24%inclusion20 decks85 decks
20%synergy
Sign in Blood
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-16%synergy
Echoing Return
18%inclusion15 decks85 decks
15%synergy
Damnation
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-2%synergy
Reanimate
16%inclusion14 decks85 decks
-24%synergy
Gruesome Fate
16%inclusion14 decks85 decks
14%synergy
Splinter's Technique
16%inclusion14 decks85 decks
15%synergy
Victimize
13%inclusion11 decks85 decks
-15%synergy
Buried Alive
13%inclusion11 decks85 decks
0%synergy
Living Death
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3%synergy
Plague of Vermin
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11%synergy
Night's Whisper
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-13%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
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7%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
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-5%synergy
Exsanguinate
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-14%synergy
Grim Tutor
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-1%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
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-4%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
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-7%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
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4%synergy
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Herald's Horn
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39%synergy
Lightning Greaves
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6%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
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23%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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-3%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
26%inclusion22 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Altar of Dementia
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20%synergy
Eldrazi Monument
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23%synergy
Chronicle of Victory
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20%synergy
Coat of Arms
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17%synergy
Banner of Kinship
19%inclusion16 decks85 decks
17%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
19%inclusion16 decks85 decks
15%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
15%inclusion13 decks85 decks
-5%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
7%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
5%synergy
Whip of Erebos
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
-3%synergy
Door of Destinies
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Mirror Box
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Altar of the Brood
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
5%synergy
Commander's Plate
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
1%synergy
Throne of the God-Pharaoh
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Black Market
39%inclusion33 decks85 decks
18%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
35%inclusion30 decks85 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
34%inclusion29 decks85 decks
-5%synergy
Cover of Darkness
32%inclusion27 decks85 decks
29%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
25%inclusion21 decks85 decks
14%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
25%inclusion21 decks85 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
22%inclusion19 decks85 decks
-2%synergy
Contamination
18%inclusion15 decks85 decks
14%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
15%inclusion13 decks85 decks
9%synergy
Haunted One
13%inclusion11 decks85 decks
10%synergy
Out of the Tombs
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
5%synergy
Exquisite Blood
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
-6%synergy
Animate Dead
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
-10%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
2%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
-0%synergy
Grave Venerations
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
-8%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
75%inclusion64 decks85 decks
21%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
59%inclusion50 decks85 decks
33%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
48%inclusion41 decks85 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
46%inclusion39 decks85 decks
12%synergy
Bojuka Bog
45%inclusion38 decks85 decks
-2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
45%inclusion38 decks85 decks
15%synergy
Three Tree City
44%inclusion37 decks85 decks
39%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
34%inclusion29 decks85 decks
23%synergy
Mudflat Village
29%inclusion25 decks85 decks
27%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
26%inclusion22 decks85 decks
10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
24%inclusion20 decks85 decks
-6%synergy
Witch's Cottage
21%inclusion18 decks85 decks
-3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
16%inclusion14 decks85 decks
-0%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion13 decks85 decks
-4%synergy
War Room
12%inclusion10 decks85 decks
-4%synergy
Lake of the Dead
12%inclusion10 decks85 decks
7%synergy
Secret Tunnel
11%inclusion9 decks85 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
-5%synergy
Westvale Abbey
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
89%inclusion76 decks85 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
46%inclusion39 decks85 decks
-16%synergy
Patchwork Banner
18%inclusion15 decks85 decks
13%synergy
The Soul Stone
15%inclusion13 decks85 decks
-0%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
-2%synergy
Mind Stone
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
-21%synergy
Lands
Swamp
94%inclusion80 decks85 decks
-1%synergy
Cavern of Souls
28%inclusion24 decks85 decks
21%synergy
Path of Ancestry
20%inclusion17 decks85 decks
15%synergy
Big Apple, 3 a.m.
14%inclusion12 decks83 decks
13%synergy
Myriad Landscape
14%inclusion12 decks85 decks
-10%synergy
Fell the Profane
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
-11%synergy
Command Tower
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
1%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
-16%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
1%synergy
Urza's Cave
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
-2%synergy
Marsh Flats
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
2%synergy
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