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Skip the $20+ cards (Thrumming Stone, Coat of Arms, Cover of Darkness) and the deck still hums: Commander: Karumonix, the Rat King (~$1) Engines: Pack Rat (~$3.30), Piper of the Swarm (~$3), Ogre Slumlord (~$0.45), a couple of Relentless Rats / Rat Colony (~$56 each cap the copies to stay on budget) Payoffs/utility: Crypt Rats (~$0.50), Nezumi Bone-Reader (~$0.40), Bontu the Glorified (~$3) as a sac outlet, Throne of the God-Pharaoh only if budget allows The rest: cheap black removal, Swamps, and a Sol Ring The whole list comes in well under $50, and it scales up gracefully add Marrow-Gnawer and Thrumming Stone later and the same shell jumps several power levels
Some cards, like Arcum's Astrolabe, can only be cast with snow mana, while others, like Marit Lage's Slumber, provide great payoffs for playing lots of snow permanents
First, can we talk about how badass this art by Magali Villeneuve is
With Adventures in the Forgotten Realms ( this set is a mouthful to say every time ), were also getting four new Commander decks based on old and new characters from D&D
Then, with Karmic Guide, you bring Reveillark back out as well