Art by Wayne Reynolds
Marrow-Gnawer
Legendary Creature — Rat Rogue
All Rats have fear.
, Sacrifice a Rat: Create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens, where X is the number of Rats you control.
Marrow-Gnawer deck guide
Marrow-Gnawer is a mono-black creature commander. It leads 14,360 decks on EDHREC, where it ranks #141 among all commanders.
Most Marrow-Gnawer decks are built around rat colony, rats and tokens, with aggro and relentless rats builds close behind.
A typical Marrow-Gnawer list runs 34 lands (27 basic), 35 creatures, 7 instants, 7 sorceries, 12 artifacts and 4 enchantments.
The cards played most with Marrow-Gnawer: Sol Ring (87% of decks), Ayara, First of Locthwain (56% of decks), Herald's Horn (53% of decks), Arcane Signet (52% of decks), Village Rites (48% of decks) and Thrumming Stone (45% of decks).
Well-known combos with Marrow-Gnawer:
- Marrow-Gnawer + Thornbite Staff
- Ayara, First of Locthwain + Plague of Vermin
- Mirkwood Bats + Plague of Vermin
Similar commanders: Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm, Karumonix, the Rat King, Ghoulcaller Gisa, Totentanz, Swarm Piper, Vren, the Relentless, Krenko, Mob Boss.
Play data from EDHREC, updated daily.
Average Card Type Breakdown
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Most Played With Marrow-Gnawer (164)
Sol Ring
87% of decks · $1.34
Ayara, First of Locthwain
56% of decks · $8.44
Herald's Horn
53% of decks · $5.75
Arcane Signet
52% of decks · $0.49
Village Rites
48% of decks · $0.93
Thrumming Stone
45% of decks · $21.61
Crypt Rats
43% of decks · $0.56
Rat King, Verminister
43% of decks · $0.63
Species Specialist
42% of decks · $10.42
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
41% of decks · $13.06
Vanquisher's Banner
41% of decks · $5.11
Phyrexian Arena
41% of decks · $4.16
Feed the Swarm
40% of decks · $0.24
Lightning Greaves
39% of decks · $4.10
Persistent Marshstalker
39% of decks · $0.28
Patriarch's Bidding
39% of decks · $3.60
Typhoid Rats
37% of decks · $0.21
Grave Pact
37% of decks · $30.52
Kindred Dominance
36% of decks · $4.92
Mirkwood Bats
36% of decks · $1.67
Defile
35% of decks · $1.43
Deadly Dispute
35% of decks · $0.27
Coat of Arms
35% of decks · $19.25
Tangled Colony
34% of decks · $0.76
Voracious Vermin
33% of decks · $0.33
Black Market
33% of decks · $6.30
Lord Skitter's Butcher
32% of decks · $0.32
Echoing Return
32% of decks · $0.32
Demonic Tutor
32% of decks · $69.17
Sign in Blood
31% of decks · $3.14
Haunted One
31% of decks · $5.47
Swarmyard Massacre
30% of decks · $4.30
Burglar Rat
30% of decks · $0.31
Revenge of the Rats
30% of decks · $0.38
Gnat Miser
29% of decks · $0.94
Patchwork Banner
28% of decks · $2.89
Swiftfoot Boots
28% of decks
Crypt Ghast
27% of decks · $17.44
Patriar's Seal
27% of decks · $4.51
Rat King, Pale Piper
27% of decks · $0.32
Go for the Throat
27% of decks · $0.62
Bolas's Citadel
26% of decks · $15.83
Chittering Witch
26% of decks · $0.34
Door of Destinies
25% of decks · $2.45
Vampiric Tutor
24% of decks · $54.03
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
23% of decks · $3.57
Rancid Rats
22% of decks · $0.25
Corrupted Conviction
22% of decks · $0.34
Crippling Fear
21% of decks · $3.40
Ashnod's Altar
21% of decks · $16.64
Infernal Grasp
21% of decks · $0.32
Deadly Rollick
21% of decks · $28.68
Bloodline Bidding
21% of decks · $2.39
Tragic Slip
21% of decks · $0.26
Banner of Kinship
20% of decks · $7.41
Diabolic Tutor
20% of decks · $2.21
Diabolic Intent
20% of decks · $17.44
Relentless Rats
19% of decks · $3.98
Zulaport Cutthroat
19% of decks · $1.35
Culling the Weak
19% of decks · $8.03
Blood Artist
18% of decks · $3.83
Heraldic Banner
18% of decks · $0.36
Withering Torment
18% of decks · $1.60
Bad Moon
18% of decks · $4.20
Murder
18% of decks · $0.20
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
17% of decks · $4.20
Plague of Vermin
17% of decks · $20.47
Dictate of Erebos
17% of decks · $16.92
Twisted Sewer-Witch
17% of decks · $0.31
Wave of Rats
17% of decks · $3.17
Eldrazi Monument
17% of decks · $10.65
Night's Whisper
17% of decks · $6.25
Black Market Connections
17% of decks · $10.53
Read the Bones
16% of decks · $0.30
Locust Miser
16% of decks · $3.73
Nezumi Graverobber
16% of decks
Whip of Erebos
16% of decks · $9.52
Blightbelly Rat
16% of decks · $0.26
Ravenous Rats
15% of decks · $0.61
Charcoal Diamond
15% of decks · $0.35
The Meathook Massacre
15% of decks · $24.81
Crashing Drawbridge
15% of decks · $1.13
Toxic Deluge
15% of decks · $5.02
Damnation
15% of decks · $21.01
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
14% of decks · $3.18
Chronicle of Victory
14% of decks · $21.77
Victimize
14% of decks · $1.25
Phyrexian Altar
14% of decks · $53.98
Stronghold Rats
13% of decks · $0.59
Thousand-Year Elixir
13% of decks · $18.39
Bastion of Remembrance
13% of decks · $0.30
Vampiric Rites
13% of decks · $0.17
Ruin Rat
13% of decks · $0.24
Rat Out
13% of decks · $0.41
Mind Stone
13% of decks
Liliana of the Dark Realms
13% of decks · $9.67
Drainpipe Vermin
12% of decks · $0.39
Imp's Mischief
12% of decks · $9.18
Engine Rat
12% of decks · $0.28
Hero's Downfall
12% of decks · $0.29
Reanimate
12% of decks · $10.10
Nezumi Prowler
12% of decks · $0.65
Secret Salvage
12% of decks · $0.37
Ichor Rats
11% of decks · $2.86
Thought Vessel
11% of decks
Old Flitterfang
11% of decks · $0.51
Nezumi Informant
11% of decks · $0.36
Malakir Rebirth
11% of decks
Nezumi Bone-Reader
11% of decks · $0.27
Grim Tutor
10% of decks · $23.87
The Darkness Crystal
10% of decks · $4.28
Gnawing Vermin
10% of decks · $0.28
Undercity Dire Rat
10% of decks · $0.14
Blasphemous Edict
9% of decks · $4.24
Caged Sun
9% of decks · $3.87
Doom Blade
9% of decks · $0.23
Exsanguinate
9% of decks · $0.41
Cabal Ritual
9% of decks
The Soul Stone
9% of decks · $60.43
Septic Rats
9% of decks · $0.57
Okiba-Gang Shinobi
9% of decks · $1.18
Fell the Profane
9% of decks
Necropotence
9% of decks · $38.23
Oversold Cemetery
9% of decks · $2.60
Sudden Spoiling
8% of decks · $6.95
Adaptive Automaton
8% of decks · $0.43
Living Death
8% of decks · $6.29
Akroma's Memorial
8% of decks · $35.07
Mirror Box
8% of decks · $4.73
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
8% of decks · $4.44
Bubbling Muck
8% of decks · $4.87
Innocuous Rat
8% of decks · $0.21
Icon of Ancestry
7% of decks · $0.38
Pact of the Serpent
7% of decks · $1.07
Skullsnatcher
7% of decks · $1.27
Illusionist's Bracers
7% of decks · $6.49
Contamination
7% of decks · $17.80
Attrition
7% of decks · $18.95
Altar's Reap
7% of decks · $0.39
Tribute to Horobi
7% of decks
Mukotai Ambusher
6% of decks · $0.19
Magewright's Stone
6% of decks · $10.27
Altar of the Brood
6% of decks · $9.71
Roaming Throne
6% of decks · $52.83
Plumb the Forbidden
6% of decks · $0.42
Rotting Rats
6% of decks · $1.59
Haunting Voyage
6% of decks · $0.34
Force of Despair
6% of decks · $7.17
Cover of Darkness
6% of decks · $21.67
Consuming Corruption
6% of decks · $0.26
Fell
6% of decks · $0.36
Throne of Eldraine
6% of decks · $29.40
Nyx Lotus
6% of decks · $4.76
Lab Rats
6% of decks
Torment of Hailfire
6% of decks · $36.04
Gravepurge
6% of decks · $0.16
Commander's Sphere
6% of decks · $0.31
Pitiless Plunderer
5% of decks · $4.98
Mutilate
5% of decks · $2.19
Gauntlet of Power
5% of decks · $4.09
Eaten Alive
5% of decks · $0.28
In Garruk's Wake
5% of decks · $3.17
Insatiable Avarice
5% of decks · $6.03
Gathering Stone
5% of decks · $0.43
New Cards
Rank Rat
7% of decks · $0.26
Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
5% of decks · $8.58
Cast Away Doubt
1% of decks · $0.24
Bilbo's Deadly Slice
1% of decks · $0.14
Troop of Ponies
1% of decks · $0.29
Creatures (50)
Ayara, First of Locthwain
56% of decks · $8.44
Crypt Rats
43% of decks · $0.56
Rat King, Verminister
43% of decks · $0.63
Species Specialist
42% of decks · $10.42
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
41% of decks · $13.06
Persistent Marshstalker
39% of decks · $0.28
Typhoid Rats
37% of decks · $0.21
Mirkwood Bats
36% of decks · $1.67
Tangled Colony
34% of decks · $0.76
Voracious Vermin
33% of decks · $0.33
Lord Skitter's Butcher
32% of decks · $0.32
Burglar Rat
30% of decks · $0.31
Gnat Miser
29% of decks · $0.94
Crypt Ghast
27% of decks · $17.44
Rat King, Pale Piper
27% of decks · $0.32
Chittering Witch
26% of decks · $0.34
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
23% of decks · $3.57
Rancid Rats
22% of decks · $0.25
Relentless Rats
19% of decks · $3.98
Zulaport Cutthroat
19% of decks · $1.35
Blood Artist
18% of decks · $3.83
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
17% of decks · $4.20
Twisted Sewer-Witch
17% of decks · $0.31
Wave of Rats
17% of decks · $3.17
Locust Miser
16% of decks · $3.73
Nezumi Graverobber
16% of decks
Blightbelly Rat
16% of decks · $0.26
Ravenous Rats
15% of decks · $0.61
Crashing Drawbridge
15% of decks · $1.13
Stronghold Rats
13% of decks · $0.59
Ruin Rat
13% of decks · $0.24
Drainpipe Vermin
12% of decks · $0.39
Engine Rat
12% of decks · $0.28
Nezumi Prowler
12% of decks · $0.65
Ichor Rats
11% of decks · $2.86
Old Flitterfang
11% of decks · $0.51
Nezumi Informant
11% of decks · $0.36
Nezumi Bone-Reader
11% of decks · $0.27
Gnawing Vermin
10% of decks · $0.28
Undercity Dire Rat
10% of decks · $0.14
Septic Rats
9% of decks · $0.57
Okiba-Gang Shinobi
9% of decks · $1.18
Adaptive Automaton
8% of decks · $0.43
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
8% of decks · $4.44
Innocuous Rat
8% of decks · $0.21
Skullsnatcher
7% of decks · $1.27
Mukotai Ambusher
6% of decks · $0.19
Roaming Throne
6% of decks · $52.83
Rotting Rats
6% of decks · $1.59
Pitiless Plunderer
5% of decks · $4.98
Instants (25)
Village Rites
48% of decks · $0.93
Defile
35% of decks · $1.43
Deadly Dispute
35% of decks · $0.27
Go for the Throat
27% of decks · $0.62
Vampiric Tutor
24% of decks · $54.03
Corrupted Conviction
22% of decks · $0.34
Infernal Grasp
21% of decks · $0.32
Deadly Rollick
21% of decks · $28.68
Tragic Slip
21% of decks · $0.26
Culling the Weak
19% of decks · $8.03
Withering Torment
18% of decks · $1.60
Murder
18% of decks · $0.20
Rat Out
13% of decks · $0.41
Imp's Mischief
12% of decks · $9.18
Hero's Downfall
12% of decks · $0.29
Malakir Rebirth
11% of decks
Doom Blade
9% of decks · $0.23
Cabal Ritual
9% of decks
Fell the Profane
9% of decks
Sudden Spoiling
8% of decks · $6.95
Altar's Reap
7% of decks · $0.39
Plumb the Forbidden
6% of decks · $0.42
Force of Despair
6% of decks · $7.17
Consuming Corruption
6% of decks · $0.26
Gravepurge
6% of decks · $0.16
Sorceries (34)
Feed the Swarm
40% of decks · $0.24
Patriarch's Bidding
39% of decks · $3.60
Kindred Dominance
36% of decks · $4.92
Echoing Return
32% of decks · $0.32
Demonic Tutor
32% of decks · $69.17
Sign in Blood
31% of decks · $3.14
Swarmyard Massacre
30% of decks · $4.30
Revenge of the Rats
30% of decks · $0.38
Crippling Fear
21% of decks · $3.40
Bloodline Bidding
21% of decks · $2.39
Diabolic Tutor
20% of decks · $2.21
Diabolic Intent
20% of decks · $17.44
Plague of Vermin
17% of decks · $20.47
Night's Whisper
17% of decks · $6.25
Read the Bones
16% of decks · $0.30
Toxic Deluge
15% of decks · $5.02
Damnation
15% of decks · $21.01
Victimize
14% of decks · $1.25
Reanimate
12% of decks · $10.10
Secret Salvage
12% of decks · $0.37
Grim Tutor
10% of decks · $23.87
Blasphemous Edict
9% of decks · $4.24
Exsanguinate
9% of decks · $0.41
Living Death
8% of decks · $6.29
Bubbling Muck
8% of decks · $4.87
Pact of the Serpent
7% of decks · $1.07
Haunting Voyage
6% of decks · $0.34
Fell
6% of decks · $0.36
Lab Rats
6% of decks
Torment of Hailfire
6% of decks · $36.04
Mutilate
5% of decks · $2.19
Eaten Alive
5% of decks · $0.28
In Garruk's Wake
5% of decks · $3.17
Insatiable Avarice
5% of decks · $6.03
Utility Artifacts (24)
Herald's Horn
53% of decks · $5.75
Thrumming Stone
45% of decks · $21.61
Vanquisher's Banner
41% of decks · $5.11
Lightning Greaves
39% of decks · $4.10
Coat of Arms
35% of decks · $19.25
Swiftfoot Boots
28% of decks
Bolas's Citadel
26% of decks · $15.83
Door of Destinies
25% of decks · $2.45
Ashnod's Altar
21% of decks · $16.64
Banner of Kinship
20% of decks · $7.41
Eldrazi Monument
17% of decks · $10.65
Whip of Erebos
16% of decks · $9.52
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
14% of decks · $3.18
Chronicle of Victory
14% of decks · $21.77
Phyrexian Altar
14% of decks · $53.98
Thousand-Year Elixir
13% of decks · $18.39
The Darkness Crystal
10% of decks · $4.28
Akroma's Memorial
8% of decks · $35.07
Mirror Box
8% of decks · $4.73
Icon of Ancestry
7% of decks · $0.38
Illusionist's Bracers
7% of decks · $6.49
Magewright's Stone
6% of decks · $10.27
Altar of the Brood
6% of decks · $9.71
Gathering Stone
5% of decks · $0.43
Mana Artifacts (14)
Sol Ring
87% of decks · $1.34
Arcane Signet
52% of decks · $0.49
Patchwork Banner
28% of decks · $2.89
Patriar's Seal
27% of decks · $4.51
Heraldic Banner
18% of decks · $0.36
Charcoal Diamond
15% of decks · $0.35
Mind Stone
13% of decks
Thought Vessel
11% of decks
Caged Sun
9% of decks · $3.87
The Soul Stone
9% of decks · $60.43
Throne of Eldraine
6% of decks · $29.40
Nyx Lotus
6% of decks · $4.76
Commander's Sphere
6% of decks · $0.31
Gauntlet of Power
5% of decks · $4.09
Enchantments (16)
Phyrexian Arena
41% of decks · $4.16
Grave Pact
37% of decks · $30.52
Black Market
33% of decks · $6.30
Haunted One
31% of decks · $5.47
Bad Moon
18% of decks · $4.20
Dictate of Erebos
17% of decks · $16.92
Black Market Connections
17% of decks · $10.53
The Meathook Massacre
15% of decks · $24.81
Bastion of Remembrance
13% of decks · $0.30
Vampiric Rites
13% of decks · $0.17
Necropotence
9% of decks · $38.23
Oversold Cemetery
9% of decks · $2.60
Contamination
7% of decks · $17.80
Attrition
7% of decks · $18.95
Tribute to Horobi
7% of decks
Cover of Darkness
6% of decks · $21.67
Planeswalkers (1)
Liliana of the Dark Realms
13% of decks · $9.67
Utility Lands (21)
Swarmyard
70% of decks
Cabal Coffers
57% of decks
Bojuka Bog
49% of decks
Cabal Stronghold
38% of decks
Three Tree City
38% of decks
Mudflat Village
32% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
31% of decks
Witch's Cottage
29% of decks
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
28% of decks
Phyrexian Tower
26% of decks
Reliquary Tower
25% of decks
Crypt of Agadeem
17% of decks
Mortuary Mire
17% of decks
Rogue's Passage
16% of decks
Castle Locthwain
16% of decks
War Room
12% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
11% of decks
Westvale Abbey
8% of decks
Barren Moor
8% of decks
Ancient Tomb
7% of decks
Temple of the False God
6% of decks
Lands (8)
Swamp
98% of decks
Path of Ancestry
28% of decks
Cavern of Souls
20% of decks
Myriad Landscape
19% of decks
Big Apple, 3 a.m.
13% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
11% of decks
Fell the Profane
9% of decks
Command Tower
7% of decks
Play-rate data via EDHREC. Card images and prices via Scryfall.
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