Best Rat Commanders in MTG + How to Build a Rat Deck (2026) The Magic: The Gathering rat deck is one of the formats most iconic underdogs: a mono-black swarm that buries opponents under a tide of cheap 1/1s, then turns that horde into lethal damage through token doublers, anthems, and sacrifice payoffs
Then, when you ping the opponent, as long as Ballista has enough counters to survive, youll gain a life, triggering The Destined White Mage to put another +1/+1 counter on Ballista
The Portal Three Kingdoms version from 1999 is double that, at over $300
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This doesnt see much play (probably due to the color requirements), but I would consider running it if your deck contains these colors
Does Bloodletter's effect count itself
