BEDHREC #2194

Lord Skitter, Sewer King

Legendary Creature — Rat Noble

Whenever another Rat you control enters, exile up to one target card from an opponent's graveyard. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

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“Rat tokens that disrupt graveyards while building an evasive swarm.”

PlaystyleMidrange

DifficultyBeginner

Wins viaCombat damage, Tokens swarm

ThemesTokens, Sacrifice, Tribal

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Lord Skitter, Sewer King is your ticket to a swarm of relentless Rats that pressure opponents while fueling graveyard disruption. Every turn, you're creating a 1/1 Rat token that can only attack, and whenever any other Rat enters the battlefield, you exile a card from an opponent's graveyard—turning your token generation into a mini-stax engine. The deck aims to go wide quickly with Rats, swing for consistent damage, and disrupt opponents' reanimation and flashback strategies in the process.

Your gameplan is straightforward: ramp into Lord Skitter, then lean into cheap Rat tokens and lords to turn your early creatures into a lethal swarm. Cards that create multiple Rats or recur them work best, letting you trigger Skitter's exile effect while building board presence. You're not playing combo or control; you're playing a ground-based midrange deck that wins through 3-5 turns of combat damage while making opponents discard or exile their best graveyard resources.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

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Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Swap expensive lords like Coat of Arms for budget staples: Adaptive Automaton, Intrepid Adversary, or Bennie Bracks; replace pricey token doublers with Doubling Season alternatives like Parallel Lives or Anointed Procession.