I like how this little 1/1 creature can blow everything else up.
majinara
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Classic casual combo was to play this with Spirit link.
Coledash
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Definitely the best sweeper in the Pauper format
PolskiSuzeren
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I won this in a little dice-rolling game and a guy laughed because I got such a bad card. Then I beat his face in with it when I equipped it with basilisk collar and shot up to 45 life while wiping the board. After that he wanted to trade for it.
NV.Collis
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Crypt Rats is a great card in a deck able to tap most lands for black mana. So long as you make a deck that can fit it, and come on.... what else is black good at if not building a deck that can get your creatures back from the great beyond faster that your non black opponent (or make use of the poor souls lost to Crypt Rats furry)?
Good decks are full of biffy creatures and high cost cards (I'm over exaggerating to make a point here... don't go ape crazy on me!), great decks take a card like Crypt Rats and build around it.
I, in a humble attempt tried to do just this.
Its a combo deck based off Crypt Rats equipped with Scythe of the Wretched while having a mana creature on the field (ie Blood Vassal) and a life gaining creature (I use a Dross Harvester... for personal taste reasons) and now your off to infinite fun... well not infinite fun as the combo is infinite but your opponents life totals aren't....
And If you have a hard time playing off the combo due to Crypt Rats getting hated by all the other players, fear not! Thats why you add a Necrotic Ooze to the mix and a Will-o'-the-Wisp in your graveyard for good measure.
Any ways heres a link to my 'Wretched Rats' deck for your viewing pleasure! Leave comments if you like it, change it to work for you and have fun in multi-player casual games!
Give it one more toughness then use Rite of Passage to your heart's content.
ClockworkSwordfish
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Nice 1-use sweeper, and at common too. Combo with Magebane Armor.
cathode01
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Here's a *MUCH* more potent and powerful crypt rats deck than the one by NV.Collis (sorry dude but your list is pretty weak)... http://deckbox.org/sets/34156
SAllison87
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sorta like Gatekeeper of Malakir, except back in my day it was a Wrath of God plus direct damage on a stick, not an Edict
Toquinha1977
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Back in the day, I played a deck with four of these, with Spirit Link, Circle of Protection: Black, Ward of Lights, and various white creatures with protection from black. Did okay back in the Mirage days. Dusted it off and played it and still did okay. Mind you, my opponent was playing mono black, but still.
tcollins
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Obligatory pauper reference, also a necessity if you intend on making a pauper Pestilence deck.
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Good decks are full of biffy creatures and high cost cards (I'm over exaggerating to make a point here... don't go ape crazy on me!), great decks take a card like Crypt Rats and build around it.
I, in a humble attempt tried to do just this.
Its a combo deck based off Crypt Rats equipped with Scythe of the Wretched while having a mana creature on the field (ie Blood Vassal) and a life gaining creature (I use a Dross Harvester... for personal taste reasons) and now your off to infinite fun... well not infinite fun as the combo is infinite but your opponents life totals aren't....
And If you have a hard time playing off the combo due to Crypt Rats getting hated by all the other players, fear not! Thats why you add a Necrotic Ooze to the mix and a Will-o'-the-Wisp in your graveyard for good measure.
Any ways heres a link to my 'Wretched Rats' deck for your viewing pleasure! Leave comments if you like it, change it to work for you and have fun in multi-player casual games!
http://www.essentialmagic.com//Decks/View.asp?ID=830159
Cheers NV!
"It's just gonna kill itself."