Marrow-Gnawer
All Rats have fear. {T}, Sacrifice a Rat: Create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens, where X is the number of Rats you control.
How Marrow-Gnawer decks play in EDH
Marrow-Gnawer is a mono-black commander costing 3BB, and its legendary creature - rat rogue line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones Marrow-Gnawer decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $61.24Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (1)
Removal (2)
Creatures (12)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Marrow-Gnawer decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
Start with Marrow-GnawerMarrow-Gnawer deck questions
What colours can I use in a Marrow-Gnawer deck?
Marrow-Gnawer has a mono-black colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Marrow-Gnawer?
The cards played most often in Marrow-Gnawer decks include Rank Rat, Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver, Cast Away Doubt. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Marrow-Gnawer deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $61.24 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Marrow-Gnawer deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.