Rat King, Pale Piper
Menace Whenever Rat King or another nontoken creature you control leaves the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. {2}, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card.
How Rat King decks play in EDH
Rat King, Pale Piper is a mono-black commander costing 3B, and its legendary creature - rat avatar 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 Rat King, Pale Piper decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $10.48Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (1)
Removal (2)
Creatures (15)
Synergy & payoffs (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Rat King, Pale Piper decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Rat King, Pale Piper deck?
Rat King, Pale Piper 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 Rat King, Pale Piper?
The cards played most often in Rat King, Pale Piper decks include Bilbo's Deadly Slice, Troop of Ponies, The Sackville-Bagginses. 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 Rat King, Pale Piper deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $10.48 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 Rat King, Pale Piper 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.